Think you’ve got it bad at work? Your boss might have more to complain about than you. Where you may have one person to direct all your angst to, your boss has many.
For the benefit of a healthier work environment, here are some reasons why you might be the source of strife.
1. Lateness
2. Lack of initiative
“Don’t ask me if you should buy lunch for the client, if the client is coming at noon,” said one infuriated manager. “Call up the client and ask if they want lunch.”
3. Too much initiative
4. Bitching and whining
5. Disloyalty
6. Lack of passion. Or interest
7. Trying to be their best friend
8. Petty lying
9. Childishness
10. Wanting their job
The first couple in the list read more like reasons why you should quit your job anyway, while a few are really just reasons why most people don’t like you.
What are some other things that your boss hates that we could maybe avoid?
Tough At The Top – [Guardian]
11. copying (or worst yet blind copying) him on every email
My boss, an attorney, physically assaulted me (punched me repeatedly in the face) two days after my wife’s funeral (my wife and I were both employed by him for over 12 years). Sometimes, a boss is just a f—ing a–h—.
I seriously disagree with #10 – Wanting their job.
My Dad use to a road forman for a fire sprinkler company. As he would hire fitters and helpers, he would always ask them in the interview, “Will you be after my job?” If they said, “No” then he wouldn’t hire them. His thinking was that it takes hard work to get the bosses job, and if they will work hard enough to get the job, then they will be really good workers.
Of course, that’s a big difference as compared to someone that is trying to get their boss’ job using underhanded means. Maybe the last one needs a qualifier.
I am with ricky. The point of wanting the job of your boss means that you are willing to excert more effort compared to a normal employee. It shows a sign of hard working.
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Trying to be their best friend is an obvious act of desperation. Not only the boss will hate you but also the people at work. It’s one of the things that we don’t do so often.
How about not following instructions?
If I say “text message me with xxxx” or “send me an email when you know xxxxx” then I do NOT want a phone call or a visit. I want the information in a way that is easily retrievable at my convenience, doesn’t disturb when it’s received and is in a format I can easily refer to at a later date.
This could also be under the heading, “Realizing that your boss is probably busier than you are, has more responsibility than you do, and needs to juggle more than you do.” This doesn’t mean that bosses “work harder” — it simply means that by virtue of being your boss, they are responsible for more “overseeing” than you are, and managing all the information you have to manage, and tons more.
Please respect how we need to operate to get that done. Many employees punch a clock while many bosses don’t — we need to be able to work after you’ve gone home and stopped thinking about work. :)
@Ricky Spears: Making a hiring decision based on one question like that makes it sound like your dad probably shouldn’t have been in charge of hiring.
7.Trying to be there best friend
This is a weird one because my boss does that to me,not the other way around.Keep in mind though that this is a very small place with only 4 people working for her.Anyways she kept on saying at first she wants to be my friend over and over.now we kindda are,but she is a hard person to like
I just started this job and I think the boss wants me to know everything already. Going into my 4 week and there is so much to learn. I feel that I do not get enough support from him, he not there 3 days out of the week. Alot of his customers are complaining about the change of hours and that I do not know what to do. (Sometimes I feel he does not like me and I hate calling for help he sound like he even mad for calling) I do not know how to handle this person because he talks and talks. Complains that I talk too much. I make an effort not to talk to him, only to ask questions or feeling unsure of the next step to take. HELP ME!!