Countless reasons why you hate your bosses

Do you feel like pulling your hairs and scratching your head when you get a call from your boss on a weekend? Do you always have to swallow your words when you are talking to your boss? Do you hate discussions with him/her because they will be fruitless? And finally, do you feel you can be a better manager than your current boss?

If all the answers are YES, welcome to the gang of tortured employees that includes almost 80 % of the working population across the globe. There is no research that is claiming this figure but if you ask any 10 employees around you, I am sure you would agree to this. But why do you hate him? Just because he is dedicated towards his work and is so concern that he wants the work to be done on a weekend? Don’t you feel that you should also show some dedication and report to work any day anytime?           

Dont get confused; I know you don’t hate him for his dedication. You hate him (or her) because of his mismanagement. He is the one who is responsible for handling the entire activity within 8 hours a day 5 days a week. He is the one who needs to decide priorities and act accordingly. Moreover, he is the one who is your senior and must act as a mentor and not as a BOSS.

We hate our bosses because he just talks and never listens, always thinks he is right but we are not, thinks the company is everything and our family can wait till we get retired, feels your child’s birthday is not as important as your client meeting, feels you take unnecessary leaves, never gives you a smile even if you have done something appreciable, never discusses things with you before taking a decision, loves to work late night and expects you to be there until the time he leaves, burdens you with work especially on Friday afternoon, forgets to tell you something and later blames you for not paying attention, and of course because he thinks HE IS THE BOSS AND YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO HIM.   

These are just some of the reasons why we hate our bosses. The frustration level within us is so much that we can in fact write an entire book on this. But don’t you feel he is like this because he himself is overburdened and don’t have time to think about you? He has promised a deadline to the director and therefore, is forced to call you on a weekend. He has to meet his sales target and the only way out is to make you skip your child’s birthday and attend meetings.

Imagine yourself in his shoes and think if you can REALLY be a better boss than he is or will you also be molded in the standard format of the bosses?