Escape From the Bad Manager

It is a well-known fact an employee leaves the organisation mostly because of the manager they are reporting to rather than the work pressure. I am sure employees who doesn’t get support from their manager, they might be thinking what is the way out to “Escape From the Bad Manager”.

Imagine an employee somewhere from north of India who has 40 acres of land, huge bank balance received from forefathers, good political background and he himself is 6 feet something wearing Handlebar Moustache (Dara Singh style) and he working for a manager who wants to show his superiority by demeaning, belittling others just because you made a mistake and tells you that you have committed a crime by not working on your day off. If you do something good then he says it was easy and if you need any help, then he tells you, for every small thing you r coming to me so what the point of giving work to you and I will do it myself.

The fact is that this type of manager was a bully in his younger days and he is carrying forward same during his professional career too.  

I studied an article regarding reasons behind why do people bully and to my surprise that Bad managers have almost same issues. Now I feel we should have sympathy for those type of managers rather than employees who are trying to get rid of them.

Are you feeling strange then read the reason yourself:

1.       Stress and Trauma: Accept unrealistic targets and cascade stress to employees who report to them. “Yes boss, sorry boss and now I can’t do it boss”

And ask their subordinates to address them as SIR. “We in our school hostel days use to call sanitation worker as Sir becoz they really make the environment healthy”  

2.       Aggressive Behaviour: Not channeling their aggressiveness in taking quick decisions instead they show it on employees.

3.       Low Self-Esteem: If manager is not performing at par with other peers.    

4.       They’ve Been Bullied: Somehow they experienced bully culture.

5.       Difficult Home Life: Listen to rappers you will get to know…

6.       Low Access to Education: This is more on a front that they are less willing to educate themselves for the job or profile in hand rather than they were deprived of education or learning.

7.       Relationships: Always feel insecure in peer group, friends and family.  

 So do we have any chance to Escape from the Bad manager? Yes, we do have. Ask them to identify the reason of their misery and also take some sessions with psychiatrist. Or Let that 6 feet guy from the North continue working with that manager so that one day manager will automatically get fixed on chal daru pite hai day… (Mein Kabhi Jukega nahi sala..)