We’ve all had bad bosses in the past – or possibly even present. We have all worked in a situation where we have hated our bosses. Those of you who are reading this and thinking to yourself "no I haven’t" you are wrong. Think harder – you’ve probably just blocked those sections of your life from your memory they were so bad. I know I did. I can’t remember what I did between the age of 18-21 and I’m sure that is all down to having a bad boss (nothing to do with the pub!).
Then we have probably (hopefully) all worked with a good boss too. Now they probably weren’t perfect, the nice ones are often either in need of a personality transplant or possibly just a decent nose job, but they were good bosses. They treated us fairly, they didn’t abuse their positions and they weren’t power hungry. I have a good boss.
Yet I am writing this post because right now I am feeling very unmotivated by my glorious leader. It’s not that he is mean, or nasty or in need of a face lift or any of the usual things. It is just that he doesn’t always give clear instructions. Take for example the reason I’m a bit put out at the moment. He gave me a copy writing task. No problem. I put time and effort into making sure that it wasn’t only as he asked, but that it was good as well. The entire thing was structured just right so that he (and the company) would get maximum effect from it. Then as I hand it over to him, he decides to put it somewhere completely different! By putting it somewhere else, it completly invalidates all the work that I put into the piece of writing. It nulifies all the little structural details I wove into the copy.
ARGggg!!! Don’t get me wrong, he is a great boss, but sometimes I could just pull my hair out working for him
Ah. I feel much better now! Back to work then.