I have to be very careful as I write this because we live in incredibly 'woke' times and gender inequality is a thing for many societies.

I personally never really thought gender inequality is a thing because I believe where you are in your career is highly dependent on the effort you fork out to attain said accomplishments. In fact, all my working life, I've generally preferred working with female bosses because as a guy, I prefer the nurturing style of leadership and mentorship. However, my current job predisposes to me a female boss who tends to be very temperamental and she nitpicks things everyday to the point that I am now considering seeking HR for support.

Before I reached out to HR for support, I have spoken to a lot of friends about my situation, and many always return with the same sentiment, "Female bosses always PMS."

Even though I've heard of the saying all the time, I think it was only recently I find myself subscribing to mindset that female bosses are difficult to handle. I've had great female bosses in the past, but these female bosses generally leave their company or hold very senior positions at best, i.e. Manager.

So I'm wondering if everyone else actually thinks female bosses are tricky to work with.

Generally yes, but there are exception

not really. but their sex doesnt matter, you just need to learn how to manage and work with the bosses.

in a way, there is some truth in it, as men and women think differently. though, professionally speaking, they should not.

yes, there are exceptions.

and yes, you'll need to know how to 'manage' them regardless. the same goes for colleagues as well.

Hahahahaha this kind of gender stereotype again? If you've had no issue working with female bosses in the past and only say, this 1 is temperamental, then it's her personality that's the problem. If you say you've worked with, for example, 10 female bosses and more than 50% are temperamental, then forming this kind of bias or opinion (due to your personal experience) isn't unreasonable.

Observation based on my own encounter - I find that if a person is meticulous and demanding, they're less tolerant to error. So all in all, it drills down to a person's personality imho, because I've worked with temperamental male bosses as well (both married and bachelors). Thus, it all depends on your luck when you meet your future superior.

From my personal experiences i say yes.

Happen to me.

I resigned

Not all female bosses are difficult. Even male bosses got their "pms" sessions. I've worked with both and experienced both good and bad.

I've even seen other bosses hurling expletives when I was having a meeting at another co. That was an embarrassing thing to happen to be honest. No wonder nowadays people don't really do company tour anymore (besides covid).

This post has been edited by digitalz: Aug 10 2022, 02:55 PM

Paling takut the female boss who don't know much, but act like she's an expert.

When you try to correct/divert her, telling her what she proposed won't/can't/don't work, she'd think you're trying to challenge her authority.

Worst case scenario is when a female heads a team of engineers/technicians.

Based on personal experience, yes. Temperamental every month especially PMS.

Nitpicking is nothing special as some male bosses did the same thing.

Comparison with other employees also common. The new always get compared with the old. Good or bad depends.

Overall, female bosses were mostly problem solvers. They tend to analyse the situation differently.

so far in my working experience, i never had a male direct reporting, i never had a very difficult situation so far , i can't say for male since i never had 1 before

Yes

No, nothing to do with whether they are female or not. I have worked for many managers, bosses and only a few I can truly count as leaders. There is a difference and it all depends on whether they want to spend the effort and time to be a leader or end up being just a manager. I think its a generalisation to think female bosses are like that but I have had male bosses who act the same way as well.

Even harder if your boss is pretty/good-looking.

I've had both male (80%) and female (20%) bosses and good and bad from each.

Stereotype is just stereotype. I've had good and difficult bosses from both gender. Worst type is the catfight type ....the ones that want hate and want to fight another boss but no balls so just put you in between - that one both male and female bosses also kena b4

Personally yes...
More trouble if they act smart but in actual clueless 🙂

q: Is she above 40 and still single?

Not kidding. Women above 40 and single all "pen tai".

Mid 30s I believe.

Pen Tai means what?

it depends, man and women are equal imo.
Will respect whoever it is the superior if they do show some impressive work attitude and experience