Posted by
timothy
on from the don't-be-a-jerk dept.
TrippTDF writes "I just took a new job at a small software company as an assistant project manager. While I have a little management experience, none of it is related to software. What advice can you guys give me on not becoming a PHB? What are qualities that you wish your manager(s) had?"
take anti-depressants
by
fred+fleenblat
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...if you want to piss off your underlings.
Like everyone else, I've had to put up with a couple of real hardcore asinine bosses over the years. They were annoying, but after a while you get used to their rants and having to explain things to then three times before it sinks in. It's okay, I can deal with that.
The ones I can't stand are managers on ant-depressants. They are just ass-kissing zombies who do not accept any feedback from anyone except their supervisor. It's like they're toddlers again and they hate everyone but they love themself and their "mommy" figure, usually their immediate supervisor. If their supervisor is insecure and has a preference for yes-men there is just a total blockage of information transfer up the management chain and all pointful work ceases.
I know that some people really need AD's to get through life, nothing wrong with that, but these people should not be in the chain of command at a tech company where complex decisions that balance competing interests need to be made.
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...if you want to piss off your underlings.
Like everyone else, I've had to put up with a couple of real hardcore asinine bosses over the years. They were annoying, but after a while you get used to their rants and having to explain things to then three times before it sinks in. It's okay, I can deal with that.
The ones I can't stand are managers on ant-depressants. They are just ass-kissing zombies who do not accept any feedback from anyone except their supervisor. It's like they're toddlers again and they hate everyone but they love themself and their "mommy" figure, usually their immediate supervisor. If their supervisor is insecure and has a preference for yes-men there is just a total blockage of information transfer up the management chain and all pointful work ceases.
I know that some people really need AD's to get through life, nothing wrong with that, but these people should not be in the chain of command at a tech company where complex decisions that balance competing interests need to be made.
Just my opinion.