5 WARNING Signs You Have a Terrible Boss

5 WARNING Signs You Have a Terrible BossSo many people change jobs to get away from a manager they dont get along with, or cant stand. Bad bosses are the absolute worst. It makes enjoying your work exponentially harder, and can even give you so much stress you end up taking a good bit of that stress home. Before you decide whether you need to bail, it might be a good idea to get clear on what it is youd be running from if you decided to leave your current job. That way youll have a better idea what to look for a new job/careeror just a different boss. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1467144145037-0) ) Here are 5 signs that it isnt you or your current position its your terrible boss1. Youre Always MicromanagedApart from being thoroughly annoying in almost all cases, micromanaging can also be sign of a bad boss. Despite their piety, their overzealous attention to your every move doesnt increase your productivityquite the contrary. If youre left wishing your boss would just trust you to do the job she hired you for, and youre near exasperation sounds like a bad boss factor.2. You Can Never Reach OutOr its the opposite your boss is AWOL whenever you need him or her. When you have a question, a concern, an urgent to-dothe door is shut. Everyone is busy, and you want your manager to be a mover and a shaker in your field, but it is important to make face time with your employees. And at least to be available in a crisis.3. You Feel BulliedIf you feel personally victimized by your boss, thats a bad sign. If your boss belittles you, insults you, undermines you, calls you out publicly for things that arent your fault, or interferes with your work then they are in the wrong, and very unprofessional. Bad boss4. Inconsistency is CommonThe mark of a good bosseven a tough one, is consistency. If your boss is Jekyll and Hyde-ing you left and right, is generally unreliable, and changes plans and strategies midstream, then theres not much youll be abl e to do to fix the situation.5. Theres a Two-Way Lack of TrustIf you dont trust your boss, and you feel a palpable lack of trust coming from her to you? Thats a problem. If you dont have each others backs in the appropriate employer/employee way, theres not much hope.If one or twoor even allof these things sum up your situation, there are some things you can try to do before jumping shipTry to Fix the RelationshipPeople can, and do, change. If you dont already think your boss is the devil incarnate, it might be worth a little interpersonal work to binnensee if you cant get off on a better foot together. It could fail, but youd be no worse off. The best way to go about this is to first acknowledge your own failings and accept responsibility for the ways in which you are not contributing in the best way to the relationship. Its an exercise in maturity, and worth a try.Escape Without EscapingSometimes its possible to move within your company. Try getting switched onto another team, or to another departmenteven a different office. Youll have the added advantage of being able to network yourself closer to an open position before it hits the open internet. Start by making yourself available to help different coworkers on different teams thats a great way to introduce yourself and your skill set.Start LookingSave yourself from quitters remorse and dont just storm out one day never to return. Prepare for the inevitable, if it is indeed inevitable. Start looking for new jobs, preparing your resume, etc. You never know, your best opportunity could come out of this one bad situation. You just need to keep your head up and make the proper moves.

Why We Hate Writing about Marissa Mayers Pregnancy

Why We Hate Writing about Marissa Mayers Pregnancy Its the brde week of summer and many Americans including us are enjoying a bit of aholiday.While were abroad, we are watching the foreign press cover the latest news about Yahoos CEO as if its simultaneously a business issue, social issue, and celebrity gossip piece all wrapped up in one package. Earlier this week, she announcedSince my pregnancy has been healthy and uncomplicated and since this is a unique time in Yahoos transformation, I plan to approach the pregnancy and delivery as I did with my son three years ago, taking limited time away and working throughout.When it comes to Mayers pregnancy, people are mainly talking about 4 thingsWhetherbei sheshouldorshouldntbe taking a longer maternity leave since she is arole modelfor other working womenWhether otherwomenshould comparethemselvesto herWhether we should be judging ordiscussingher choices at all, since we might not do the same for a maleCEO who is expectingchildrenWhether itmattersin terms of her wertzuwachs as CEOIn other words, pretty much everything you can imagine that could be said about this topic has probably been said. Which is one of the reasons we dislike writing about her pregnancy.We also hate writing about it because we want to simply tell Mayer Congratulations, and leave it at that. After all, thats the normal and properthing to say to anyonewhosjust announced news oftwins.But Mayer is notjust anyone. Shes a public figure, one of the highest paid CEOs in America, and one of the youngest and only female CEOs in the technology industry. Like it or not, her personal life is in the spotlight because sheis a mora glamourous subject than the millions of other women in America who have little choice but to take a couple weeks of maternity leave after they give birth. We can only assume she has made a self-actualized and well-informed decision, realizes the attention is a casualty of her position, and takes all the corresponding criticism in s tride.In the end, we decided to write about her pregnancy because it gives us an opportunity to say that we believe many women and also men experience biases and social pressures that make things very hard to be a whole person at work. Being a whole person means different things to different people, but pregnancy is special example simply because its physically impossible to hide, and affects so many people in the workforce.Even in this day and age,women continue to experience discriminationbecause they are pregnant, and also subsequently when they become mothers. This is often despite the best intentions of companies and colleagues. These problems are persistent because they are rooted in biases (conscious or not) and cultural ideasofwhat it means to be an ideal worker and truly committed to our work.However, that doesnt mean progress cant be made. We startedFairygodbossbecause we believe manycompanies and organizations dontlook closely enoughat gender equality in their culture. T ransparency is an important step in creating change and Mayer has been nothing if not transparent. She has sharedher own choices very openly (i.e. a short maternity leave and her on-site personal nursery) and announced big changes to Yahoos policies (i.e. expanded paid parental leave and restrictions on working-from-home). Whatever you may think of her personal and professional choices, at least were talking aboutthings that matter to a great number of working women and that in manycases, really should change.