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I can only admit that of all the supervisors I've had, there's only been one female whom I respected. Although, now I have a female supervisor of a male supervisor and I'd much prefer to be under the female 2nd line supervisor than my current male 1st line.
And yes I am a female. But I generally respond much better to male supervision than female supervision.
I'll give an example why.
Female: Oh my gosh. There is just so much work to do and I don't know how I'll ever meet my deadline. Employee, will you help me meet my goal? I'll pay you over time! Thanks so much. I don't know what I'd do without some help.
Male: Employee, there's 5 hours of overtime available. Do you want it before I offer it to someone else? Great. Here's what you're going to do.
With the female boss, I'm more likely to be grumbling about saving her ass because she bit off more than she could chew.
But with the male boss, I'm thinking... YES! Overtime! Mama needs a new purse!
My first female boss in the corporate world was terrific but she was an older lady (past 50). She was absolutely wonderful, caring, smart, knowledgeable in the field, but she really cared about her employees and their families.
My second boss was a gay guy. He was great as well. He mentored me and helped advance my career. He was serious yet fun. Overall, I think highly of him as do several of my former colleagues.
My third boss was a real quirky guy. Dry sense of humor, micro-manager, drove me nuts..had no respect for my work schedules but we got along. All in all, he was a stand up guy and we still remain in contact. Good guy, terrible boss.
My fourth boss was a nasty nasty woman who got the job through nepotism. She was horrible on so many levels. Petty, socially driven, had nothing but contempt for anyone under her, couldn't do her job because she was truly incompetent. She is no longer a manager (thank goodness)
My fifth boss was also a female. She had severe ADHD and was such a trainwreck words can not even describe the amount of stress she caused me and others who had to work with her. For instance, she couldn't even remember where she put her car keys or cell phone, just imagine what doing actual work was like with her! I couldn't stand it. Honestly she was the WORST boss I have EVER had. She probably took years off of my life in the year I worked for her. With that said, I hauled out of that situation real fast. Worst employment experience ever. Such a moron. Should never have been a manager. Don't know how or why management thought she was wonderful.
My sixth boss was female as well. Very nice young lady. She was smart and cared genuinely about her employees. I did not work for her for too long though as I was laid off.
My seventh boss and current boss is female as well. She is an older lady and she is smart, compassionate, cares about her employees, doesn't micro manage. I love her, she is great.
So from my experiences, bad managers could be male or female. I have had a large sampling of female managers, and two of which were terrible, but the other three were (are) great. So I guess you can not judge by gender alone.
My first female boss in the corporate world was terrific but she was an older lady (past 50). She was absolutely wonderful, caring, smart, knowledgeable in the field, but she really cared about her employees and their families.
My second boss was a gay guy. He was great as well. He mentored me and helped advance my career. He was serious yet fun. Overall, I think highly of him as do several of my former colleagues.
My third boss was a real quirky guy. Dry sense of humor, micro-manager, drove me nuts..had no respect for my work schedules but we got along. All in all, he was a stand up guy and we still remain in contact. Good guy, terrible boss.
My fourth boss was a nasty nasty woman who got the job through nepotism. She was horrible on so many levels. Petty, socially driven, had nothing but contempt for anyone under her, couldn't do her job because she was truly incompetent. She is no longer a manager (thank goodness)
My fifth boss was also a female. She had severe ADHD and was such a trainwreck words can not even describe the amount of stress she caused me and others who had to work with her. For instance, she couldn't even remember where she put her car keys or cell phone, just imagine what doing actual work was like with her! I couldn't stand it. Honestly she was the WORST boss I have EVER had. She probably took years off of my life in the year I worked for her. With that said, I hauled out of that situation real fast. Worst employment experience ever. Such a moron. Should never have been a manager. Don't know how or why management thought she was wonderful.
My sixth boss was female as well. Very nice young lady. She was smart and cared genuinely about her employees. I did not work for her for too long though as I was laid off.
My seventh boss and current boss is female as well. She is an older lady and she is smart, compassionate, cares about her employees, doesn't micro manage. I love her, she is great.
So from my experiences, bad managers could be male or female. I have had a large sampling of female managers, and two of which were terrible, but the other three were (are) great. So I guess you can not judge by gender alone.
Thank you for sharing you experiences. Far too many people assume one bad female boss means every female boss will be exactly the same, which is just as ridiculous as thinking one bad male boss means all male bosses are exactly the same. Individual people vary GREATLY, this is true of men and women. I also have great and bad bosses of both genders, but I would never be ignorant enough to assume that everyone of that gender acts the same.
Most of this thread is just a bunch of ignorant stereotypes applied to a work situation, and then used to imply every single female acts like that. With a few notable exceptions, it's mostly a bunch of utter stupidity, and probably a lot of trolling. Not one thing written about female bosses isn't true of large numbers of male bosses, some workers are just not bright enough, or experienced enough to realize this.
I mostly feel pity for the young women who are posting this nonsense, they apparently feel they are not management material since they are women. I hope they grow up someday.
Thank you for sharing you experiences. Far too many people assume one bad female boss means every female boss will be exactly the same, which is just as ridiculous as thinking one bad male boss means all male bosses are exactly the same. Individual people vary GREATLY, this is true of men and women. I also have great and bad bosses of both genders, but I would never be ignorant enough to assume that everyone of that gender acts the same.
Yea, and it's the height of ignorance. It's bigotry. The problem is not with a gender, or race, or culture, etc, but the bigot.
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