PEOPLE DONT QUIT BAD JOBS PROFESSIONAL

Good bosses listen for and respond to your needs. Certainly, bosses are responsible to make their employees look good as well. I believe that when we get hired, we have a responsibility to make our bosses look good to the extent possible (so long as we aren’t asked to violate the law, our professionalism or our integrity). The boss is responsible for helping to ensure your success. They aren’t asking thoughtful, strategic questions or making employees feel safe enough to request what they need. Bad bosses don’t even take the time to evaluate what is truly necessary for success. Effective supervisors must provide resources and they must remove obstacles to ensure their employees and teams can be successful. They fail to provide resources and can’t be bothered to remove obstacles.Īll supervisors must get these two things right if they are to be deemed effective.

PEOPLE DONT QUIT BAD JOBS PROFESSIONAL

Too often, bad bosses turn good employees into “yes men” who remain silent and support even unethical behaviors in a desire to reap some professional benefit and continue getting along with the boss. But they also want to be free to be authentic and share divergent ideas. They want to support their superiors and help to advance goals. Well-intentioned, good employees can actually find themselves having internal struggles working with these kinds of bosses. They seek to hire and surround themselves with people who will uplift their own fragile egos even when it is detrimental to organizational success. They encourage agreement while discouraging dissent.īad bosses create “yes men” by rewarding perpetual agreement with their ideas and decisions and punishing dissenters.

People dont quit bad jobs