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标题： 看美国的恶老板比例如此之高！
发信站： BBS未名空间站(Tue Aug 15 11:16:33 2017,GMT)
从网上找到此文，如此触目惊心。美国的老板大概50%以上都是以欺压员工为乐的恶人！
女老板和男老板各占一半。文章告诫和老板斗几乎没有成功的可能。 人事部门也不会
帮员工，因为人事部门的职责是保护公司不受到法律纠纷的困扰。
84% 被老板欺负的员工是女性，这些人一旦被盯上82% 失去工作。
这些调研机构也给不出好的办法保护员工，也是告诫碰上这种恶人，或者走人，或者把
工作做好忍受，尽量避免被恶人盯上。
此文告诉我们在美国职场上，我们是怎样的弱者，同时也提醒我们不要有任何幻想，认
为在这个社会，职场好人会有好报。
请读原文，抱歉没时间翻译，而且大家也都能看懂。
Tyrant 这个单词我也是今天学的，意思是很有手段心性很恶毒
Is your boss a tyrant of Machiavellian proportions? If it makes you feel
better, you're not alone. According to a study by the Employment Law
Alliance, almost half of all employees have been targeted by a bully boss.
Do you have a boss who is off the wall - we're talking certifiably nuts? If
it's any consolation, take comfort in knowing that you have more company
than you can imagine. The simple truth is that bully or tyrant bosses can be
found in abundance. Unfortunately, the majority can't legally be
institutionalized. Many should not be bosses.
Also: How to recognise and deal with a workplace sociopath.
Tyrannical behaviour comes in all forms. There are bosses who are mind-
controlling abusers, manic-depressive and psychotic. There are obnoxious
bully bosses who rule by intimidation, insist on getting their way and fly
off the handle easily. They treat subordinates like children and seldom ask
for anyone's input. There are also predator bosses, a term that is explained
in management consultant Harvey Hornstein's book, Brutal Bosses and Their
Prey (Penguin Putnam), in which he defines two species of tyrannical bosses:
"The Conqueror" and "The Manipulator".
Conqueror bosses prey on employees' weaknesses. They find great thrills in
treating the workplace like a battlefield. Once they sense an employee's
soft spot, they pounce on it. The unsuspecting victim doesn't stand a chance.
Manipulator bosses are the smoothest of bullies. They fear becoming less
valued if their underlings get any recognition for exemplary work.
Manipulator bosses are backstabbers who'll go to frightening lengths to look
good to their superiors.
So what makes lunatic bosses act the way they do? Brian Stern, president of
management consulting firm Shaker Consulting Group, contends that tyrannical
behaviour often stems from bosses not knowing what they're doing. A false
assumption is thinking that bosses actually know how to manage people.
Mention the word "boss" and we immediately think that the person has some
special abilities or training. There are rules and training programs for
almost every conceivable job, from sanitation engineer to nuclear physicist,
but no set curriculum teaches you how to be a boss. An obvious way to
compensate for a lack of skills is to be tough and unyielding. You stand a
better chance of being left alone and unquestioned this way.
Yet training alone won't turn a crazy boss into a sane manager. Whatever
category your crazy boss fits into, the big question is whether you can work
with him or her.
Tyrannical bosses come in one of two packages. "The first is the hard-nosed,
tough, demanding perfectionist," says Stern. "They can be difficult to work
with, but they will listen to reason because they're all about doing the
best job they can. They also know that talented people make things happen.
But they can drive you nuts trying to achieve goals."
The second type, however, is even more difficult to work with, says Stern. "
They are unyielding control freaks and have a total disregard for the facts.
They demand that things be done their way."
How to Handle an Off-the-Wall Boss
If you feel compelled to improve your situation so that you can at least
coexist with your crazy boss, Stern suggests tactfully talking to the tyrant
. Take extreme care, and use diplomacy when broaching the subject, he
advises. "Don't take an accusatory tone," he says. "Instead, put the burden
on yourself. Begin by outlining the problem, and suggest ways you and your
boss can work together."
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A safer strategy is to lie low and stay out of the way of the tyrant boss.
Do your job well, and avoid confrontations at all costs.
Only you can decide what will be the best solution, Stern adds. Whatever you
do, remember that no job is worth enduring constant misery five days a week
- not to mention obsessing about pending torture come Monday.
Yet Robert Mueller, labour attorney and author of Bullying Bosses: A
Survivor's Guide, says you don't have to take a bully boss's constant abuse
- and he doesn't endorse copping out by finding another job. Mueller
contends that all victims of workplace bullying can become what he calls "
workplace warriors" and use self-defence strategies that can restore power,
dignity and options to the bullied employee.
The more you know about your despotic boss, the better you'll be able to
handle him. There are many types of bully bosses. Mueller has identified
seven types. Do any of the following strike a responsive chord with you?
1. Subtle bullies: They torment their targets with quiet but piercing
techniques.
2. Abusive bullies: These bosses hound a target employee without mercy.
3. Crude bullies: These people throw their weight around loudly and
physically.
4. Raging bullies: These people intimidate everyone in the vicinity with
their out-of-control anger.
5. Echo bullies: Not normally abusive, they mimic bullying behaviour with
their subordinates.
6. Ghost bullies: These bosses guide, mentor and supervise lower-level
bosses in bullying techniques and tactics.
7. Satellite bullies: These are people of stature who undermine the target
by contributing to someone else's bullying.
Next: Preparing for Battle
Before you march into battle, Mueller offers some observations about bully
bosses:
› Personal confrontations with bullies are almost never productive.
› Management-team members interpret any confrontation an employee
might have with a boss as also being a confrontation with them, and without
well-documented proof of a pattern of behaviour, they will likely view the
employee as the problem.
› If bullies notice you're ducking them, they will not see this as
sensible avoidance, but as cowering behaviour.
› Don't be afraid to make eye contact with your bully boss.
› Don't mistakenly think you can defuse a bully by getting personal
and showing your human side. Bullies not only don't appreciate the personal
side of others, they don't tolerate it. Details of your personal, spiritual
or emotional life are weapons in your antagonist's hands.
› Don't try and enlist the help of your HR department. HR can be the
chilliest place any employee can visit, and also one of the most dangerous.
HR's allegiance is to the employer - and its goal is protecting the employer
from legal claims. Approach rarely, with caution, and only when fully
prepared.
Mueller offers 10 strategies for going one-on-one with your tyrant boss.
My Boss Is Not a Bully, He's/She's Toxic!
Another variation of the tyrant or bully boss is the toxic boss, a term that
has been around for a number of years. For those saddled with toxic bosses,
there is actually a Web site and even a book about them, The Allure of
Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians and
How We Can Survive Them (Oxford) by Jean Lipman-Blumen. Toxic bosses are
everywhere, according to Lipman-Blumen. Many are accomplished and extremely
successful. Some are working for or running well-known companies. Others are
geniuses who created breakthrough technology. On your first meeting, they
can be well-poised and ingratiating, and can seem like they'd make great
bosses, but that changes quickly once you start working for them. What you
thought would be a dream job turns into a nightmare.
"Toxic leadership seems to be an equal-opportunity career path," she
observes. Even though we're supposedly smarter and more psychologically
tuned in than we were a few decades ago, "we continue to tolerate - even
prefer and sometimes seek out - toxic leaders who degrade our lives and
diminish our happiness."
Toxic leaders are everywhere, and they're not going away. "We see them in
every arena: business, politics, religion, education, athletics," says
Lipman-Blumen. Technology industries are rife with toxic managers,
especially brilliant, warped geeks responsible for creating breakthrough
technology.
Identifying Toxic Bosses
Unfortunately, toxic bosses are hard to spot before you're hired. The reason
is that many have Jekyll-and-Hyde personalities, says Lipman-Blumen. But if
a sixth sense tells you that all is not kosher with this person, or that he
is too good to be true or is unconsciously gnashing his teeth, do some
homework and speak to employees or former employees. Unfortunately, few of
us are going to act on our instincts.
What can you expect from toxic bosses once you're unlucky enough to be
working for them? Lipman-Blumen lists common destructive behaviours:
Can anything be done? You're playing with fire if you intend to fly solo and
confront your lunatic boss. "Forget heroics," Lipman-Blumen says. If you
feel compelled to right the situation, she advises putting together a
coalition. There is strength in numbers - or at least, you hope so. "There
are probably many others who share your concerns, but feel as lonely and
isolated as you do," adds Lipman-Blumen. "Get them together and plan your
strategy."
But even then, she cautions that you're walking a precarious line.
Trying to straighten out a crazy boss is like trying to soothe a starving
cheetah that's about to consume you for dinner. But if you've got guts and a
sense of adventure, why not have it out with him or her? You'll certainly
feel better about yourself - and you may be surprised by the results.
Woolly Bullies
Other findings from the Employment Law Alliance study include:
81% of bullies are managers
50% of bullies are women and 50 percent are men
84% of targets are women
82% of targets ultimately lost their job
95% of bullying is witnessed |
