Nine nightmare bosses
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New research - conducted by Lloyds TSB and Working Families to find the UK's Best Boss - has found that most of the working women in the UK believe that having a good relationship with their boss is more important than pay and benefits.
Although two thirds of employees told CareerBuilder that they're satisfied with who they report to, the remaining third are dissatisfied with their bosses. Today's employees are voicing concerns with their boss's ability to lead, with 42 per cent claiming that they could do the job better. In a survey by Marie Claire magazine, half the women questioned said that they regularly had to cancel family and social engagements because of late working hours and felt that their job had put a strain on personal relationships.
Do you recognise any of these office nightmares?
Unfortunately, many of us can recount tales about bosses who've been far from ideal. Bosses may be as laughable as Ricky Gervais' David Brent in The Office, or as devilish as Meryl Streep's demanding Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, but would you go to the extreme of sending a live venomous spider in a package to your manager? That's exactly what a disgruntled Marks & Spencer employee did on his last day at work.
If you're suffering working for a boss from hell, be comforted by the fact that you are not alone. Just as there is a myriad of nightmare bosses, there are many ways to deal with their office terrors.
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