Do you like your boss?

I report directly to three people.

One of my bosses is very laid back. Don't care what you do as long as you show up and do your job. I rarely see him.

The other boss, I see all the time. He's also like the boss above. Except me and him are good friends. We share a lot in common. Not to mention he sends me tik toks while I'm working, then call me asking if I saw the tik toks he sent. Um, no... I'm working.

Then theirs the boss for the other part of my job. We use to be friends. Well acquittances really. Mutual respect. That is gone. After a few years working together, he can't stand me and I can't stand him. A lot of it, admittedly, stems from us being complete opposites. We don't agree on anything or live our lives anything the same. No similarities except he's an ### hole and I'm an ### hole. That's the only thing we have in common.

Like Stanley from the office said though: we don't have to like each other, we just have to work together.

So jounge. Do you like your boss? Is getting along with your boss a high priority for you?

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I like my boss as a person. Not as a manager

Mar 4, 2022, 8:33 AM

He grew up very poor in the mountains, went to NC State, worked his way to the top and is fairly well recognized within my field within the state. He was a much better boss when his day to day included design work and hanging out with all of us. Once he became "the guy" with his own office... he kind of turned into a monk and very rarely comes out of his office and he is extremely out of touch with the day to day. I get that is easy to do in a large, corporate environment, but not in a 12 person office.

He also seems to forget where he came from. He is Mr. Money Bags now and thinks that his life advice is the only life advice that anyone should take. He uses lessons learned when he graduated from State in 1996 and tries to overlay his dated opinions into todays environment. His story of, "I bought a modest home with my wife right after we got married then tore it down and completely rebuilt. I don't understand why more folks aren't doing that instead of buying expensive homes." Great concept. Great idea. But the "modest home" that he bought right after college was affordable and he rebuilt it in a time where there wasn't lumber shortages, inflation, material prices through the roof, contractor backlogs. The intent is good... he just isn't who I want my life advice from.

He compensates well, gives us bonuses, profit sharing, and is super flexible (unless its to ask about working from home)... he just is missing the IT factor.

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Yes, yes, maybe

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Are we counting wives?

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Re: Do you like your boss?

That's the kind of bosses I get a long best with

NO. He's an #######.***

You must work for yourself***

Yes.

my direct boss is the man

Like my bosses, hate the backwards culture of my company

You must work the same place I do***

3 bosses, huh

Close.

Yes, we are friends outside of work too

Absolutely. We get along really well, work together really

I like my boss as a person. Not as a manager

Like anything else there are some redeeming qualities

I like myself***

Here's something else, Bob:

Re: Do you like your boss?

I did.

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