HR Strange But True

Does Your Horrible Boss Hate You?

Results of the latest Find Employment Survey out of the United Kingdom show there is room for improvement in management/employee relations, especially since 39%) thinks that the boss dislikes him or her.

Maybe it is due to the fact that:

  • 3% of workers have been physically attacked by their boss.
  • 6% of employees have been sworn at.
  • 12 out of every 100 workers report their boss has made a pass at them.
  • A fifth of respondents (20%) complain their work has been publicly criticized in front of others.
  • Over a quarter (27%) of workers are unsure if their boss trusts them to do their job, or they feel constantly micromanaged and criticized.

When asked the question “Which of the following examples best identifies if your boss does not like you?” the responses were as follows:

  • Excluding you from an important project—25%
  • Inaccessible and indifferent attitude toward you—29%
  • Intensive micromanagement of your work—20%
  • Assigning you menial tasks—26%

In relation to these examples, one fifth of survey respondents (20%) reported that they had directly experienced being excluded from an important project by their boss, 22% of workers communicated they had been subjected to an inaccessible and indifferent attitude, and 13 in every 100 respondents felt they have been intensively micromanaged at work.

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