Supportive relationships and happy employees go hand in hand. If there is not supportive management then it is very hard to enjoy the job. When working you had to feel like you are needed and you also want an open communication line with your boss. If you feel that you do not have that open relationship with your boss then you can become very stressed which can make the quality of your work fall.
When I once worked for target I was feeling over worked and tired. They were using me in every department because I was good at my job. When I spoke to my manager about how the workload was too much she basically told me to deal with it. This caused me to have an unhappy relationship with my boss. Once I was upset with the management I slowly started to hate the job that I was doing. When I went back to her again she would not hear me and told me that if I didn’t do the job that she knew I could do then she would write me up. It was then when I put in my two weeks notice. I was so fed up with the bad relationship that I had with my manager that I did not want to work for her anymore.
This shows that if there is not a stable and healthy relationship between manager and employee then the employee may not want to do all the work that he or she is able to do. Without stable and happy relationships in a person’s life then people become distressed and end up leaving a job that they previously loved.
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I agree with you that "supportive relationships and happy employees go hand in hand." It is so hard to be motivated to do well in an organization that has oppressive atmosphere like the one you described. In my last job my manager was a "hot head" and there was very poor communication between her and I. She talked down to all of her subordinates, which I felt was very unnecessary and even when I would try to talk to her about it her apologies were always insincere. At my new job I can talk to my boss about anything and I am so happy here. I definitely agree that having supportive relationships in the workplace make for a much more enjoyable experience.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a great point here. Fortunately, you were able to recognize that your manager was incompetent and took the necessary steps to relieve yourself from their control. It's scary how often we see bad leaders who have perfected the scientific and beaurocratic means of leadership. I don't understand why people managers are not mandated to learn the skills necessary to lead people. Take your case for example. You were an above average individual contributor who had a positive influence on the company's bottom line. Yet, your immediate supervisor was a joke so you rightfully seperated yourself from the company. How many individual contributors will this supervisor have to burn through before management realizes that the cost of attracting and retaining talent is outweighing the benefits of this supervisor? Unless the bad supervisor is printing money, they should be re-trained and eventually forced out.
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