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I had about five paragraphs on this subject and I could have gone on for another five when I realized that it is very difficult to fix a situation with a bad boss be they male or female. I have little preference to gender rather the character of that person. Pigeon hole as much as you would like, human ineptitudes, bad values, corrupt morals, and lack of generosities are failures abundant in both genders.

If your people do not work together from the top down. If your departments do not effectively communicate and combine efforts for the bottom line your, if your intensions are shady employment endevors can not be long term successful. The gender of the management team has little bearing. Communication, transparency, an outlined discription of why YOU are receiving that paycheck, honest collaboration between departments to achieve the bottom line and that bad egg will not survive. Of course no one is as interested in your personal sucesses as you are but most positions are rather routine and blan for the majority of your day the outstanding accomplishments come with timing, attitude, support, discretion and tenacity and sometimes that doesn't help. Always support your actions. Be honest with your motivations and document your activities.

Afterall if you don't have the correct blended ingredients and a good foundation it doesn't matter how much time and effort you put into that stew it's still gonna suck and no one said it would be a cake walk to cook. Oh I'm sorry but I couldn't help that last one.

Having had both men and women bosses, I clearly prefer men. There was one excellent, intelligent, professional and secure woman I worked under. She was the best. Others including the horrible woman who is now my district manager is beyond intolerable. She bullies all the women under her. She is unattractive, mistakenly thinks she is liked , and is inconsistent in her dealings. I have to believe that she is insecure, unloved, and just plain miserable. She then makes all the wiomen under her miserable as well.
My New Year's resolution is to have her fired. I will systematically encourage each woman that has complained about her treatment of them to file a harrassment complaint with our HR department. I may even go so far as to get her job. Karma!!!

I will not discredit the article but I think that the issues run a little deeper than what's given. I've worked for females and have been a female in charge. As a female in charge and in submission I found it to be easier to work with men than with women and I attribute that to women running around acting like they still have something to prove. (I've had a few crappy male bosses too but not like the femmes) I served in the Army and was over 6 men, any one of which could have picked me up and tossed me somewhere. I noticed we were having some problems and so I had a heart to heart with my guys and I'll never forget what Scottie said to me: " Sgt Knight you do a great job, you run a tight ship and we like that. It just feels like sometimes you forget we're on your side too. I mean...nobody likes a b**ch in brass underwear. You're uncomfortable and you make everybodyelse uncomfortable... . " He said a lot more but I think you get it. Sure, as women we have things we have to deal with so deal but know your stuff and do your job and above all...Change Your Underwear.

I used to have a women supervisor (one that actually hired me)...and through the year and a half I worked for her, basically had her foot on my head. Similiar to the Karen Smyth story. I was a high achiever - had and developed better rapport with co-workers she was unable to...etc. When she left....it was the best thing that ever happend to my career! I was finally empowered and allowed to achieve.

I have worked for both male and female bosses and honestly it all depends on their personality rather than gender. My first job, the supervisor was a female. The next year the supervisor was a male. I found that working with the male supervisor was more of a pleasure. Later, I worked in an office for both male and female bosses and both were terrible. I now currently work with a female and it has been a pleasure working with her.

yes women are more of a problem to work for . One she is thretened by the same sex, the other is when a women make it to Queen Bee status she think every women is suppose to have her attitude as far as making it , (they look down on women who are there same age and not at there level.) . So yes working for a women is crazy. But also it has it's benefits women understand more issuses like if a women has server cramps and unable to make it she understand als long as it is not a habit

I have worked for women I did not care for, but I have also worked for women I really liked. I have had the same experience with men. Going forward I try to examine my own attitudes and hang ups to get the most out of my employer/employee relationships. I think that overall it really depends on the individual whether they are right for management or not. As a manager, I had good and bad experiences with both men and women and again feel it depends entirely on the individual.

I know men who do not like working for women either! Hmmm...