Best way to handle a miserable boss

Banking. Corporate HQ, not branches. Funny thing is I get along great with my bosses boss and his boss

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I dont advise waiting out a bad managers.

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The sad part I've learned is that people quit managers, not companies. I've lost good employees because I couldn't replace the manager before a couple good employees got away. It's a tough situation.

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The sad part I've learned is that people quit managers, not companies.

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Generally. But not always.

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Rhino5

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Best way to handle a miserable boss

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He doesn't want to be there, admits it. I do want to be there and enjoy it. Says it's only because he can't find something that pays the same. Meanwhile he vents to subordinates how he doesn't like it and goes into meetings unprepared and gets his arse reemed. Then attempts to knit-pick us afterwards yet share his personal frustrations with us like we're best buds. I guess wait it out?

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miserable boss

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shitty boss

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FIFY

Having said that, this guy is miserable, but that isn't making him a miserable boss. It's making him a poorly-performing one.

Maybe its just a difference in nomenclature, but my idea of a miserable boss is one who seems to relish conflict, shifts blame, plays favorites, pressures you to finish the work of others based on favorites, trashes you in front of coworkers and breaks departmental or company policy in order to create a stressful, miserable situation for subordinates.

All of which a previous (I'm talking about just one) boss did to me and some former coworkers (and still current friendS).

This guy isn't professionally attacking you or denigrating you. He's just feckless and unhappy. This shouldn't-for a nanosecond-impact your ethic or drive. You should work your @ss off just as you normally do. I'm guessing you didn't need to be told that anyway.

But if this guy is just getting his @ss handed to him relentlessly, unless there's a lax or non-existent annual or quarterly review process, or the folks upstream of him aren't capable of effectively managing his work output in his position, he should either:

A.) Find a better situation soon.
B.) Be shown the door soon.

Either way if you've got an effective chain of command and internal structure where you're working, he should work himself out one way or the other over time. Sucks for you, but allow this to be a period where you prove you can work under crappy, miserable situations and still maintain a consistent, high-quality work product and keep your output consistent as well.

In other words, prove you can adapt and still thrive regardless of the situation. Let him worry about himself. You worry about you.

My only suggestion would be this: It is your life, you only go around once, do what is in your best interest. Been there and learned to keep my interactions to a minimum and would not sit for poor me discussions, would excuse myself as I had better things to do, one being not being made available for one's toxicity.

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Maybe its just a difference in nomenclature, but my idea of a miserable boss is one who seems to relish conflict, shifts blame, plays favorites, pressures you to finish the work of others based on favorites, trashes you in front of coworkers and breaks departmental or company policy in order to create a stressful, miserable situation for subordinates. 

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This describes an indirect superior of mine incredibly well. I'm glad I found this thread as I experienced the miserable side of them today. Those people also know how to make you feel shitty about yourself rather easily.