Posted on 07/20/2016 7:21:31 AM PDT by NRx
“Woe onto him that has a female boss.”
The very best boss I ever had was a female, and this was in an IT outfit. She was probably the best boss in the entire corporation. She knew her technical stuff, was a great delegator and motivator, fun to be around during the many staff social functions, liked to drink a bit, mostly a very good judge of character, and listened to those who knew what they were talking about. She gave continuous feedback, almost all good unless one was a real fuchup, so when review time rolled around, it was pretty much pro forma. She did NOT put up with BS, and after a fuchup used up their generous three chances, she’d go after them with a vengeance to get them out of the organization, which the bureaucracy always made a difficult proposition, but was exceedingly good for morale for those of us who worked our arses off. She really was the most fair-minded boss I ever had, and I learned a great deal from her management style, being as how I was a techie type without much in the way of those kinds of skills.
Even though I’m retired now, we still keep in touch and we have lunch together once or twice a year, which she does with several other of the people who used to work for or with her.
Oh lord is that ever true.
The poster is over the target.
I bet you learned very soon the secret words to a happy marriage. Yes Dear. It gives you leverage to find a way to do what you want anyway.
I don’t mean to say a woman CAN’T be a good boss. My experience is that it’s miserable to work under them. It’s a gamble I’m not willing to take when leaving a well paying job for another.
I’ve also had terrible male bosses.....
I don’t believe male genitalia puts a manager’s crown on one’s head.
When they are good they are very, very good but when they are bad they are horrid. Having said that, I've run into more male psychopaths.
Well if she wants men looking up her dress, well, then in don’t know what to think about such a girl.
You're right about saying, Yes Dear," but only if you use the right tone of voice.
What used to be proerly labeled Personnel Dept. was morpher into a vaginocracy known as Human Resources. The gynocrats who populate this littel fiefdom revel in their petty torments to an otherwise productive workforce. They generate sensitivity training, sexual harassment policies, and performance review criteria at variance with the real world.
An example of the latter, is a career management program for workers in their late 50’s. The guy is 58 years old looking to ride out the tail end of his career, and retire in 6-7 years. They are typically not interested in advancing their career to any real extent. They want to do their job, and be left alone. Yet I was forced to give that someone a poor performance review because they had not set appropriate goals for their career path. He did fine work, was never a problem, and was dependable and capable. After what the gynocrats in the vaginocracy did to him, he became a toxic employee. He was angry (rightly so) and simply didn’t care anymore. After I left that company for my own sanity, he was terminated on perfomance, and had a hard time finding a job until I had a position open for him and brought him on-board at my new job because of his age.
Excellent post and full of truth.
Nice.
I most certainly was. For 10+ years.
Yes, the frequency of sex declined over time, and below a certain threshold the vampiric tendencies became apparent.
Good for you and good for him.
You sound like a stand up guy.
I’m one such woman.
I’ve had ONE fantastic female boss. She came into her position fully aware of how back-stabbing and gossip can destroy moral and cause high turn over. She was militant about one thing. NO GOSSIPING about one another - zero tolerance. One new hire insisted on bashing another female who was taking time off for medical reasons. She got one warning, then out the door. It was a low-level job, but it’s the best work environment that I ever had.
Other than that one job, I didn’t even like working *with* women at all. There’s always that ONE terrible person who’s catty and bitchy and who turns the situation into HighSchool 2.0. She’ll sabotage, gossip, and outright lie to take someone out. If you don’t play ball and help her peck out her target, you end up on the list.
And the others allow her to get away with it.
Guys are SO much easier to work with. They actually enjoy being part of a team. Yes. Most of them will hit on anything in a skirt - they have to try - but if you are clear and humorous with your devastating set down, they actually love it. Then you’ve got respect and friendship.
My former co-worker who is now a direct report of one of my direct reports. He is doing a fine job. His reviews have been excellent. Does good work, is intuitive and has the skills necessary to make positive contributions and mentors several of the junior design engineers on his methods.
He was not forced on my direct report by me, and his reviews are independent of any of my inputs. They are happy to have him and I maintain a discrete distance from him lest it appear I am playing favorites.
He’s got another 10 years of work in front of him if he wants it, and there are possibilities for promotion if he wants them too. But, he was always a hands-on guy, and that’s what he likes. Why try to force some level of leadership/responsibility on to him if he’s not interested in doing it.
He’ll make it to retirement just fine.
I felt at the time he was wronged by HR, and his work with my new company demonstrates that to be the case.
No. All women are always keenly aware of every square inch of skin that is visible. Checked in a mirror from all angles.
“never hire a powerskirt.” comment could get him in trouble at work.........
Rooster Cogburn: A man will never work for a woman unless he’s got clabber for brains!
Do you believe NRx is the TheZMan?
Make your case...and try to show some manners...IE, enough with the name calling, and argue the ideas.
If you can.
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