I ask because my bosses are fucking disasters to work with. They never know what they have in stock, they're so fucking slow to get anything done, they have no filing system whatsoever for important documents and they're so messy that they make my toilet bowl after Mexican night look like a plate clean enough to clean off of.

We get the most done when they're not there, and by we I mean me and three teenagers who are still in secondary school. We have to come in every morning and sort out their mess for minimum goddamn wage.

So yeah, my bosses suck. Are yours any different? Could they actually work a wage job?

  • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I'm in tech and honestly my bosses are really awesome. Like I sorta wish i could shit talk. I did have a manager that was good who was replaced by someone far more stuck up, but as far as bosses that do technical work and manager work, they're all like really nice people who actually care about the people they manage. Its really weird. My tech lead offered garage space and help for some repairs on my motorcycle. My project manager will make sure my wife is doing well and offer advice on personal projects. I've never been spoken down to despite being a really shitty employee. My manager's manager is a big goof but good at the important interpersonal work with customers and will make time if I just want to bullshit and talk about airplanes with him or something. The managers I'm under who are on the technical side are often basically geniuses. They'll spend months doing power points and reports then be asked to spin up a new project and personally set up all the infrastructure, networks, and start a baseline of the work before getting any engineers in.

    All this to say, my company does have issues with a lot of stuff and the C-level is pretty tone deaf, but its also relatively easy to stir up shit in the big group chats and get issues addressed which is really rare. I hate my industry but I'm honestly really thankful for the people I work with.