
Studies show having a bad boss raises a worker's chance of having a heart attack by as much as 60 per cent. A bad boss can take a good staff and destroy it, causing the best employees to flee and the remainder to lose all motivation.Ī bad boss creates fear and makes work drudgery. It's not constantly monitoring an employee's every movement. A manager's job is to motivate and provide guidance and support. If you hired someone, it means you believe they are capable of doing the job. Micromanagement suffocates, demoralizes and kills creativity. Continuously drilling employees is a sure way make them unhappy at work. " Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say." ~Andy StanleyĤ) “Taskmaster” - Their sole focus is on the bottomline. When employees don't feel appreciated, morale and engagement plummets. This trap includes making all of the decisions solo, ignoring feedback and taking the credit. Some start behaving like they are the owners of the company. Respect is a must.ģ) “Superman” - They think the organization revolves around them. Great leaders don’t talk down to their employees or make them feel inferior. It is dreadful to work under a manager who is more worried about pushing their weight around than building relationships. These type of managers possess a superiority complex and like to draw the distinction between management and staff. " Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress." ~Richard BransonĢ) “King Kong” - Some managers when they reach to the top immediately forget where they came from. A lack of integrity in a manager can make an employee lose passion for the job.

They are mere puppets and exude no loyalty to employees. They never stand up for their team or question policies. Here are the four types of bad bosses that make employees want to quit companies:ġ) “Marionette” - In an age of uncertainty, many managers are yielding to this trap of just playing it safe to preserve their position and privileges. "People leave managers not companies.in the end, turnover is mostly a manager issue." In spite of how good a job may be, people will quit if the reporting relationship is not healthy. 75% of workers who voluntarily left their jobs did so because of their bosses and not the position itself. 1 reason people quit their jobs is a bad boss or immediate supervisor. A Gallup poll of more 1 million employed U.S. Employees join companies but leave managers.
