Why Your Boss is a Jerk and Some Tips to Help
Unless you have some other form of income stream independent of the marketplace, you need your job. Sometimes that also means putting up with a boss who comes across as a jerk. Over the years, I've ran the gamut of bosses and their different personality styles, and I can say without hesitation, most of them have perfectly valid reasons to seem like a jerk. Let's save everyone unnecessary stress on the job, if we can, and consider some possibilities. Terms like "jerk" are so subjective, after all.
Maybe they're struggling. Before any boss is written off as terrible, try considering what their upper management is laying on them. Compared to how their boss treats them, maybe your boss is a saint. Before you file that complaint, remember, the law does not require management to be "nice," and no company expects their managers and employees to be friends. What matters is the company achieves its goals, whatever they may be.
One suggestion is to communicate in a crystal-clear manner to your boss that you are there to help get the job done. Ask them what their biggest headache is, and offer yourself to help them with it. You may be surprised to hear the answer, and there could be a promotion in it for you, as well.
They're human, too. Pressure from "on high" isn't the only type of struggle a supervisor could be enduring. Personal problems can affect them, just like anyone else. Regardless of the good advice of checking your personal life at the door, they're just as human as you. The boss's dependents get sick, they have car problems, bill collectors, and other personal issues just like...Go here for the rest .
