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Are You Protected From Bad Bosses?

Where does that 500-pound gorilla sit? It might be right outside your office, but you're not alone. Check out other resources for coping with bad bosses from around the Web, as well as this report from Badbossology.com...

Did you ever have to deal with a bad boss? Ever have a manager who harrassed you, took credit for your work or was just plain crazy? Worldwide statistics aren't available, but surveys show that 40 percent Americans have worked for someone who they classified as "bad."

Based on a recent North-American wide survey conducted at Badbossology.com, it appears that many people do not believe that their HR Department helps protect employees from difficult bosses. Badbossology conducted a survey from June 12th to July 21th, 2004 asking for information on whether worker felt that they were protected from the harrassment of bad bosses. Of the 1,505 people who completed the survey, 76 percent believe that Human Resources staff are not helpful and only 1 percent believe that they are very helpful.

Said Badbossology co-founder Gary Lahey, "Given the importance of Human Resources today, we encourage people to forward these results to their HR departments as well as managers and executives. If they feel that it may be risky to forward this information themselves, it can be sent anonymously from our web site."

Bad bosses are a big problem in corporate America. A Gallup Organization study of over 1,000,000 employees found that if a company is losing good people it is probably because of poor managers. The top reason these workers gave for leaving their jobs was...their immediate supervisor. Job satisfaction probelms caused by bad bosses don't just make employees leave. Gallup also found poorly managed workgroups are an average of 50 percent less productive and 44 percent less profitable than well managed groups.

Badbossology is following up with a survey to find out how helpful unions are in protecting employees from bad bosses.

Badbossology.com is designed to protect both people and companies from bad bosses, and all of its content and services are available without any fees. It provides continually updated material in an intuitive, blog-style user interface. It takes a responsible balanced approach, devoid of ranting and 'Boss from Hell' stories, and also provides key resources for bosses, executives and board members (http://www.badbossology.com/c68).

A "Vault" or secure repository is provided so visitors can bookmark items along with personal notes for fast reference. Material is drawn from sources such as The Chicago Tribune, CNNMoney.com, Fast Company, The Harvard Business School, and the Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com.

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