Tuesday, August 21, 2007
What Do You Think Of Your Boss?
Apparently there is legislation in the works that would give employees grounds to sue their employers for being mean. The article brought up an interesting point of the generation gap between new hires coming into the work force (Generation Y) versus retiring Baby-Boom generation managers and how the younger generation is more likely to complain about their supervisors and quit. I think this legislation will have problems defining what exactly is an "abusive work environment". It might be hard for an accuser to bring forth the proper evidence other than "he said/she said" especially if the abuse does not take place in front of other employees. If you get the chance to read the article but don't have much time skip to about 3/4 down the page and read some of the "horror" boss stories. Yikes.
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Interestingly, I am reading several articles on this very subject right now, including a book entitled The No A**hole Rule by Robert I. Sutton, PhD. If this topic interests you, I highly suggest reading this book.
There is an executive level jerk I know who makes life impossible for everyone around him, and as described in Dr. Sutton's book, there are some jerks who are completely overt about their A-hole status, and others who are covert.
Personally, I think the covert ones are the worst, because as you said, it turns into a he said/she said situation.
Great! Just what we need, another issue for people to be able to sue over and 'get-rich-quick'
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