QUOTE(MerryGoRound^2 @ Aug 10 2022, 11:40 AM)
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.
Congrats, you have ended up with a PMS lady boss.
I don't think it is a good idea to reach out HR for support. HR is not your friend, they always side the employer.
Its general: Male bosses also can be difficult to handle not just women. Men and women are just alike, there are good bosses and there are asshole bosses.
At times, women tend to be a bit more micro manage. Men tend to bit a bit macro manage. But that doesn't mean is good or bad at either side. But if they exceed the threshold, then is bad, too much micro is no good. And those macro men bosses can be egotistical and verbally abusive if you ended up with a bad boss.
If you really can't stand your lady PMS boss, there are following choices, not that you have much, anyways, admittedly as an employee, we pretty much screwed if we ended up with bad bosses, our choices are limited:
1) Play to the tune of your boss the best you can (may not work all the time)
2) Plan to work another 3 years, if still no change get out
3) or look for job now while tahan this crazy boss
4) ask for transfer to another department, suck up to other bosses make them impress with your work.