40% of Bosses don"t keep their word.

Try having you own mother as your boss you feel the disappointment on both ends when they don't keep promises.

I am a manager, and I guess I work at a small company, but I try my hardest to keep my word. I am still young, and many of my employees are only a year or two younger than me. It is sometimes intimidating to have that much responsibility over people who are practically the same age, but I do what I can. I know what it is like to have managers who don't listen, and that you just cannot count on. If I tell my employees I will do something, I make sure to make a note so that I do not forget. I don't care how small of a favor it is, I will make sure it gets done. If I happen not to work the next day and it is something that I can't take care of that night, I will call and check with the manager on duty that day and ask them to take care of it, and if they can't I will make a special trip in just to make sure that it gets done. I also try to tell my employees that I appreciate when they do stuff, just because it makes them feel good. Also, I never make them do anything that I wouldn't do, because that just isn't fair.

Interesting numbers. My bosses are ok for me and I don't have any problem. My company is ok and I like my Job. However, I'm going to start a new job in a month's time or so which for a position better than what I have now.

I am my own boss. I use to wok for someone else and I have to admit, left because of business owner. Everything they say in this survey is accurate.

The Law Firm i work for is not the best company and their are definately some little nitpicky things that i don't like, but my boss is great. She has let me borrow money when i was in a financial situation and we don't get paid maternity leave (which is another thing i dislike)so when i was out after having my daughter she gave me some of her vacation days so that i could get paid for an extra week. I definately appreciate the things she has done for me.

True. But my question is do bosses ever keep their word ? My work place is a probably a practical implementation of what the survey says.

ya since bosses always think of profit only and they are less worried abt the worries of the employers

In general, I have not liked my bosses or the companies. The bigger the company, the worse the situation is. So, I left it all and became self employed. www.mgcreativearts.com is my art work on my website. I have a really nice boss now. Look how she lets me work on MyLot:)

i do not think bosses and employees will ever be at truce.

My old boss was famous for promising these teeny little raises "if" we did this or that...everyone wanted one, of course because we were severely underpaid and overworked. We stopped believing her after a few years. I left finally, and have been happier since.

Boy do I agree with that survey. I think I've worked for most of them bosses. I worked for the same company for 14 years. Had four driffent boss and they all had a driffent way of working. The nices one was really liked by all the EE. If she got mad about something she didn't yell at you or put you down like the rest she would just explain what you did wrong and show you the right way to do it .That's the only way people really learn to do there jobs better.

I haven't met a boss yet that keep there word....They are in business for one thing and that is to make money and they will tell you what they think you want to hear so they can continue to make money

Heh, doesn't surprise me. I've worked for some decent bosses, and some downright ridiculous bosses. Many of those bosses seem to get their kicks by manipulating and controlling their employees, and the more weakness and submissiveness you show, the further they go with it. Right now, I do a driving job, so I don't have a boss over my shoulder all the time. It's a nice change.

I read this and it hit such a nerve with me. The last three jobs I've left, I absolutely left the boss much more so than the job. I felt like this survey validated me. It also made me think of all my years as a supervisor and the employees who left for various reasons. It has me hoping against hope that no one ever quit "me." Right now I work for a non-profit agency in which I work for a board of directors and primarily answer to and have limited daily interaction with the president. He is very humane (so far) and makes me feel very valued for my contributions. At this point, I can't imagine ever leaving this job. The key for me is the "limited interaction." I have practically total autonomy about my activities thoughout the day, and his input is more on long-term plans. This I can live with.

I would have to agree that most of the time people leave there job due to management and not necessarily the company. If you have a boss that is cruel, slefish and not very motivating, etc.. it causes many people to leave that is why many large companies have such high turn over rates.

Hi Marcie, At the present time I am not working outside the home. But when I was, I left a job I really liked because of the owner/boss. He was disrespectful, rude, rotten, mean, didn't always keep his word, he liked to yell and scream at people. In other words he was an A$$.

well i too believe with what you say.. i work for a MNC.. and i like the job i do.. beacause i enjoy what i am doing.

what you said is true in most of the case. my hubby left his as the boss was not giving him due credit.

Bosses in general have always their ego and try to blame others to cover their mistakes.my boss is also like that but he does not invade my privacy.

Amazing information. These days its really hard to find great bosses who keep their promises. Personally, I enjoy the work what i am doing now. I work for a gaming company. I enjoy my work to the most. After changing a lot of jobs finally I found job satisfaction. And its really tough to carry yourself well all along. I maintain a lot of professionalism. I had a wonderful boss who kept his promises. He quit now. The present one is O.k.