Comments on: Is your bad boss ‘killing you’? http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/27/is-your-bad-boss-killing-you/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vicki http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/27/is-your-bad-boss-killing-you/comment-page-1/#comment-220943 Vicki Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:46:51 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2209#comment-220943 >could they not choose one of the following three options? 1. look for a new job 2. ask to switch departments 3. try talking to their boss about their concerns Some people are afraid of #1. Maybe it's not easy in their area. Maybe they have tenure. Maybe their town is small. #2 can be surprisingly difficult (I've tried). And when your bad boss finds out, the proverbial hits the whirling blades! #3. Have you had a bad boss? They cannot be reasoned with. They cannot be "talked to" about yurs concerns. And HR departments tend to side with the boss. Taking work home with you is often not the problem with a bad boss. The boss is the 8 hours a day problem. What goes home is the headache, the upset stomach, the clenched teeth... Yes, you would hope that someone with a toxic boss would find a way out... but consider all the other forms of toxic relationship. Sometimes, people need help getting help. >could they not choose one of the following three options?

1. look for a new job
2. ask to switch departments
3. try talking to their boss about their concerns

Some people are afraid of #1. Maybe it’s not easy in their area. Maybe they have tenure. Maybe their town is small.

#2 can be surprisingly difficult (I’ve tried). And when your bad boss finds out, the proverbial hits the whirling blades!

#3. Have you had a bad boss? They cannot be reasoned with. They cannot be “talked to” about yurs concerns. And HR departments tend to side with the boss.

Taking work home with you is often not the problem with a bad boss. The boss is the 8 hours a day problem. What goes home is the headache, the upset stomach, the clenched teeth…

Yes, you would hope that someone with a toxic boss would find a way out… but consider all the other forms of toxic relationship. Sometimes, people need help getting help.

]]> By: Marina Modlin http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/27/is-your-bad-boss-killing-you/comment-page-1/#comment-220877 Marina Modlin Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:38:36 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2209#comment-220877 I wonder why the study was limited to men only... Also, I wonder if the higher instance of heart disease is due to the personality type (those who are unable to leave a bad boss for 10 years) rather than the bad boss himself. I wonder why the study was limited to men only…

Also, I wonder if the higher instance of heart disease is due to the personality type (those who are unable to leave a bad boss for 10 years) rather than the bad boss himself.

]]> By: Tel http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/27/is-your-bad-boss-killing-you/comment-page-1/#comment-220383 Tel Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:56:25 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2209#comment-220383 Workplace stress is set to be the next litigation epidemic in the Western world. However, the doctors seem to be siding with the employers (for the time being) and unwilling to diagnose any specific symptom as stress related. Workplace stress is set to be the next litigation epidemic in the Western world. However, the doctors seem to be siding with the employers (for the time being) and unwilling to diagnose any specific symptom as stress related.

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