The Boss Is Always Right! Is That So?

Bosses are definitely not always right and that is the reason that I ended up leaving my job as a nursing assistant because my supervisor was a very unfair person. I was initially hired on as a third shifter, but I wanted first shift. She promised me that I would be able to move to first shift when a position opened up. I worked for her for about 18 months and watched many people come and go on first shift but I could never transfer shifts because she said it was too hard to hire someone on to first shift.

Hi Pushhy How are you doing buddy? Since 2008 I dont work. My last boss was an Australian and trust me, I never had an opinion that a Boss would be so caring and so gentle. I mean, he never ever believed in this old saying that Boss is Always Right. He was always supportive, favored the growth of the employees - technically and monetarily. The only thing he demanded was productivity and once that was visible to him, we were always given a free hand. And trust me, we had the liberty and freedom to say whatever we could to him - you know what I mean. I would love to have a Boss like him and never would think of leaving such an organization. Only bad luck, that the organization got closed as he found it quite difficult to manage from Australia and the employees here misused the freedom he handed us. Today I cannot go out to any office for regular work(- health issues).

When I was working I worked for the largest telephone company so there was always someone higher up plus we had a very good fair union, I had worked for the company for a long time so I had been in the company longer than mosr bosses I had, I was always at odds with mainly the female bosses, they seemed to make unreasonable decisions and had a bad habit of making decisions in an emtional state. I had quite a few heated discussions with them and I can honestly say, I came on top every time as I think fairly and I worked on their unfiar treatment or their stupidity....

In my long and illustrious career as a mechanic (what a load of k-wrap. Illustrious?!), I have quit many jobs because of the outrage I feel when working for a boss who is either too egotistical or out right greedy or too dumb to be in charge, let alone in this industry. A lot of what has caused that is the change from promoting from the bottom up to hiring from not only outside the company, but the discipline itself. We now have people with MBA's running auto repair facilities who have not so much as changed their own flat tire. The reasoning is that they are more business savvy and can turn a better profit. My problem is that they don't know a legitimate profit when they see it. It's just bottom line numbers to them, not what the vehicle and customer need. Being that my trade is very technical, it requires quite some specific training to understand what's being dealt with. Having someone who doesn't know that not all vehicles have timing belts, doesn't know that European and Asian cars are both foreign cars and so on, gives me grief beyond explanation. This has caused me to leave otherwise good companies to work for. There is a Hippocratic oath for our industry. It is voluntary. The day I graduated from school, I stood in the hallway and read it aloud with my right hand across my heart. I have stuck with it ever since. Which of course makes it even that much harder for me to work for someone who hasn't anywhere near the sincerity behind them while working in this industry. And of course there is the issue of they know the better way to do it, even though what I'm working on they never have. That REALLY gets me! Even if they were psychic, they got their wires crossed every time they told me how to do it. Arm chair quarterbacks have a better success rating than that! Yeah, there are a number of issues that I deal with for a living. When I finally get them down to just those that the vehicle has, I am a very happy man.

Boss is not always right in a sense that if he hired and treat the worker badly, then he should not deserve to be label as good boss!

this is really great to burst out my madness with my boss right now..she doesn't accept suggestions and even explanation of her staff...She even told us that me and my friends are spoon feeding.. She's the only boss that don't know how to act professionally..AArrghgh..up to this point I can see her face..just my experience with my current boss right now..

YES!!!!!! Boss is always right. whether he knows things or not, whether he is right or not, we have to agree that he is right. Because he is the one who we have to work under:(

There are several good reasons why the boss Is always right! First- he hired you and can fire you just as quickly! Second- if your not nice to the boss, how can you expect a promotion, or a raise in pay? Third- of course the boss is right! Hes running the business and you are getting paid! If there were problems this guy would not be your Boss!

In our culture -- a boss is always right -- if this is accepted there will be less issues or problems for the employee. The boss gets the credit for good things happening and gets blame for the bad things happening. I was more or less a person accepting what the boss says to an extent it doesn't affect me. good day.

The boss is right because he is the boss! That is a kind unwritten (old) rule and expression. I don't think there is ment with it that he knows better (although there are enough who will make it sound that way). So if you know better, it's a must (if you want to do it your way) to know how to handle your boss. If you can't do that start observing him and follow some lessons in being attentive, licking heals, how to make your point or getting what you wish/want by suggesting that your idea is the greatest idea your boss ever had, etc.

When dealing with people you have two identifying requirements. You should acquire satisfaction and you should have a reasonable turnover. In a perfect world you would make every person happy in the least amount of time. It is not a perfect world, so it does take time to satisfy people. If one requirement is stressed, the other will be affected. I had a manager like this. You need to achieve faster results to show better statistics. With faster results comes less satisfaction. When stats are low the manager is looked at and when satisfaction is not achieved who gets blamed? The manager or me? The 'boss' was right but the customer was mine. The manager did not know the customer. I needed to change the stats somewhat by looking closer at the system because this was required but continued to work for the (selected)customer's interest because I thought that was whom I was hired for! Some customers suffered. oh how I dislike the job title b o s s

You know whats good about my boss before? When we go to meetings without prior notice,and my boss speaks and explains somethings that concerning the Agenda.He always tells us before we begin "correct me if i am wrong"..And from time to time he will ask all of us if everything is to our understanding.You can tell him your opinion and even tell him that he is not doing good. He will explain his side and tells us to think more. Sometimes i got his point sometimes i know he is wrong. But because he is the boss i always stay quiet after telling my opinion.. After the meeting ill go to his room and explain further.And he will tell to that he will think about it further more.. What he always explain to us is,Outside in front of many others,please make me the "Boss that I am" , Then correct me when we are in our office,that ill really appreciate..Because he admits,he is not always right,He also makes mistakes.