Judging from the reader response to my recent article "Why Men Don't Promote Women More," far too many people have bosses who are jackasses. You know the type. They don't recognize and reward hard work. They rant late into the night. They send messages to your BlackBerry on weekends. They constantly set impossible deadlines. They torpedo confidence. And for the most part they are incorrigible.
Jackass bosses can be the worst people in our lives. After all, we may well spend more waking hours with them and our co-workers than at home. They exist in every organization, big or small, in every part of the world. Only the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries can love them--anti-anxiety prescriptions and anti-baggy-eye cream sales would plummet without them.
Most people try to work harder to please their jackass bosses, but that rarely succeeds. Have you ever seen a jackass boss change into a reasonable, competent manager, without going through a heart attack or some other life-changing crisis?
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