Happy Birthday!!!

[kokopelle]

Happy birthday to my LJ friend oceans_voice!!! She is one of the super-neat people in the world and I wish she lived closer to my neighborhood.

On a completely different topic, I would like to know if my workplace is the site of a bizarre anomaly. I listen to a lot of books-on-tape during my seventy miles of driving everyday. Some stories feature bosses who are evil-mean or just really bad/stupid. Other times there are groups/institutions/committees that have the same not-good characteristics. My question is this... are these prevalent? I work at a medium size company in which I don't see this stuff going on. There are bosses that might protect their 'fiefdoms', but on the whole everyone works together for the good of the company. The bad supervisors are quietly asked to leave the company and they are VERY much in a minority.

Am I working in the exception to the rules or am I just clueless about my workplace?

Comments

[chimerae.livejournal.com]

You work for a good company.

"Bad" bosses not only exist, they're pretty common. I think it's a function of bad management above.

Frequently what happens is that people are promoted beyond their skills or capacities and then given unrealisitic requirements to meet.

Often, at the moment, companies that are in crisis and need to downsize are not led by individuals with responsible character. Rather than make the hard decisions at the top, they delegate down an impossible work environment and staffers start to leave on their own. They lose their best people first and tend to retain the dead wood.

Finally, the world is filled with crazy people who haven't worked out their issues. (Noticed?) Management is a circumstance that creates opportunitity to act out bad behaviours . . .and be praised and rewarded for it. Many people confuse domination and abuse with leadership, simply because they don't know any better.

[jaguarmen.livejournal.com]

You are blessed in your employment situation. Keep your gift horse smiling a big smile!