Sometimes bosses have a bad reputation simply because of their title. Catherine Mattice talks about survival strategies when dealing with bully bosses.
Bosses often get a bad rap — mainly because they are just that: the boss.
These are the folks who scrutinize vacation day requests, ask for client reports to be revised and tell employees the company decided against 2010 raises. So naturally they will be closely scrutinized — and criticized — by workers, simply because they have such a large impact on their life.
“Bosses pack a wallop, especially on their direct reports,” says Robert Sutton, author of Good Boss, Bad Boss.
