First we had the great resignation, then we had quiet quitting followed with quiet firing. Now my feed is flooded with articles with explanations of how to deal with a bad manager. Maybe google spied on me again and heard me complaining about one of my corporate bosses again.
These articles Include all the possible psychological explanations for the manager as to why the manager is bad with explanations such as the manager being insecure and what strategies to use to handle these difficult bosses. When I read the articles my first thought was -Really? How come us employees how to figure out strategies to cope with difficult bosses, when did we as employees become therapists? I’m not sure about any one else’s job description, mine despite having a B.A. in psychology does not include providing therapy sessions.
Lord knows that if I continued to get my degree in counseling I would have been making a lot more. Going back to my original question, why do we even have to learn how to deal with a bad manager in the first place. Yes, some of us have no choice and are stuck for whatever reason at the place we are, we learn to play the game with said manager. But shouldn’t the emphasis be on training managers, training them to be better managers and also leaders in the first place. We are treating a symptom instead of looking for the cause and prevention. Training managers to be leaders or better managers should be the responsibility of the corporate or company you work for as better managers create better employees and in return a better company.
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