Why some bosses deliberately find fault with capable subordinates?

[True Believer]

Based on my decades in the corporate world, bosses who are insecure about their own abilities or position resort to bullying to maintain control or diminish the perceived competence of their subordinates. Such bosses see bullying as a way to assert their authority and maintain a power imbalance. They believe that by making their capable subordinates feel small, they can control them more easily and prevent them from outshining their bosses. What are some of your experiences with insecure and incapable bosses?

 

[sbfuncle]

Wah, for this I could even write a book on it de woh

 

[True Believer]

Wah, for this I could even write a book on it de woh

Please share some of your experiences here so that we may compare notes.

 

[sbfuncle]

Please share some of your experiences here so that we may compare notes.

I had multiple similar incidence, and I know the leeson should be becos, my career started from low level to medium, to high then finally back to the low-medium level.

Is like, after you had became a commando, and later you chose to becum a 小兵, you will find yourself equipped with much more knowledge in that industry than your peers and even your superior, so naturally people will feel threaten by it.

I shall Lee quote an eg

After I kept beating and beating mgt people to puppies. I finally leecided to leave that industry and seek something leefreshing.
I even became a driving instructor. But I ended with the same leesult ie beaten the chief instructor flat to a puppy
After that i seek another totally different industry something leelating to the construction industry. As a entry level, as I told the boss, the interviewer, that I gotten tired of my expertise areas and would like to try out something new.
He hired me despite I was no longer that young.
Becos I picked up rather fast, my immediate superior, a man who was younger than me, was very nasty to me.
Even I assisted him to complete many task, instead of appreciating it, somehow he always tried to tekan me in the absurd way.
I finally lost my patience with him and before I threw the letter to hr , I told him.. I know why you treated me this way, becos you worLee I will eventually takeover your post right?
As he knew that our boss knew that I'm a wise men despite me not having the desired paper for this industry.
Too bad, he dare not leetaliate , or maybe he find it no point doing that.

 

[sbfuncle]

I had multiple similar incidence, and I know the leeson should be becos, my career started from low level to medium, to high then finally back to the low-medium level.

Is like, after you had became a commando, and later you chose to becum a 小兵, you will find yourself equipped with much more knowledge in that industry than your peers and even your superior, so naturally people will feel threaten by it.

I shall Lee quote an eg

After all these incidents happened, I took a Lee flection of it and came out with a plan that worked like wonder.

At my last 2nd destination of work, before I call it a quit, I met one superior, who had lesser experience than me in that industry. On the first few weeks of our work collaboration, I hinted to him that my purpose there was just to be a jlb, and that I could offer to assist him with his task if he were to find it challenging. But rest assured I will only be his shadow.
After we aligned ourselves with our own objective and goals, we had a superb leelationship for many years. He left me alone and sometimes, he even allowed me to AWOL. Until when the project was sunset, and we were deployed to different projects,that's when I met another fucker superior which I couldn't apply the same plan and I ended up beaten him to a puppy, and left for good this time.

 

[True Believer]

I had multiple similar incidence, and I know the leeson should be becos, my career started from low level to medium, to high then finally back to the low-medium level.
Is like, after you had became a commando, and later you chose to becum a 小兵, you will find yourself equipped with much more knowledge in that industry than your peers and even your superior, so naturally people will feel threaten by it. I shall Lee quote an eg

This basic philosophy to have the most skilled and driven at the top appears to be lost to most companies. In unhealthy workplaces, it is not uncommon to have workers with the best ideas overlooked for advancement while the mediocre or even underperforming employees get promoted.

 

[True Believer]

After all these incidents happened, I took a Lee flection of it and came out with a plan that worked like wonder.

At my last 2nd destination of work, before I call it a quit, I met one superior, who had lesser experience than me in that industry. On the first few weeks of our work collaboration, I hinted to him that my purpose there was just to be a jlb, and that I could offer to assist him with his task if he were to find it challenging. But rest assured I will only be his shadow.
After we aligned ourselves with our own objective and goals, we had a superb leelationship for many years. He left me alone and sometimes, he even allowed me to AWOL. Until when the project was sunset, and we were deployed to different projects,that's when I met another fucker superior which I couldn't apply the same plan and I ended up beaten him to a puppy, and left for good this time.

Insecure bosses need to have sub-standard subordinates around them. Anyone who has worked in an office has witnessed this phenomenon. An insecure leader's greatest fear is not that the business may be unsuccessful. His ultimate fear is that capable staff may be a threat to his position. Mediocre employees get promoted to higher positions because they do not pose the same threat to the paranoid boss.

 

[True Believer]

Wah, for this I could even write a book on it de woh

It is surprising that many bosses hire deputies based more on existing personal relationships rather than qualifications. As trust is the most important driver of staff engagement, transplanting friends into senior positions without the requisite aptitude and industry experience is risky.

 

[sbfuncle]

It is surprising that many bosses hire deputies based more on existing personal relationships rather than qualifications. As trust is the most important driver of staff engagement, transplanting friends into senior positions without the requisite aptitude and industry experience is risky.

I'm really grateful now that I don't have to put myself into such a work environment.
Most workplaces are like this.
I'm tired of it.

 

[True Believer]

I'm really grateful now that I don't have to put myself into such a work environment. Most workplaces are like this. I'm tired of it.

My close friend works in a charity as he left the corporate world many years ago. He told me that the same office politics exist in the non-profit sector; the incoming CEO fired almost his entire senior management team to accommodate his cronies from his previous company. My friend survived the cull, but was demoted. The CEO's cronies occupied the COO and other senior roles, but are unfamiliar with the work and delegate most of their duties to middle management, while they enjoyed long lunches and chit chat sessions with the big boss.

 

[sbfuncle]

My close friend works in a charity as he left the corporate world many years ago. He told me that the same office politics exist in the non-profit sector; the incoming CEO fired almost his entire senior management team to accommodate his cronies from his previous company. My friend survived the cull, but was demoted. The CEO's cronies occupied the COO and other senior roles, but are unfamiliar with the work and delegate most of their duties to middle management, while they enjoyed long lunches and chit chat sessions with the big boss.

That's why I doesn't like to make donation to charity organizations.
Donating directly to the needies is always better.

 

[ThomasEddy]

Based on my decades in the corporate world, bosses who are insecure about their own abilities or position resort to bullying to maintain control or diminish the perceived competence of their subordinates. Such bosses see bullying as a way to assert their authority and maintain a power imbalance. They believe that by making their capable subordinates feel small, they can control them more easily and prevent them from outshining their bosses. What are some of your experiences with insecure and incapable bosses?

Common. I have seen in one company I worked in before this old hag auntie in her early 60s from another dept who seat opposite my desk

That old hag refuse to retire and her junior staff every 2 to 3 mths resign, super high turnover rate. Can only imagine how many hearts of young fresh grads kena crushed under her imagine first job so young and green out of sch and kena this witch who has the heart and face worst than Medusa.

Even the old hag’s younger boss and Hr in their 50s and 40s can’t handle her or rather they too scare to come face to face with the old hag n she manage to shut both up and squash them like ants like that and eventually chase the HR away

This old hag auntie once not happy with me and try to slam the door into my face cos I comforted one pretty mei mei who worked under her another time she went after the friend of the pretty mei mei in another dept, demanding her name, it’s a large company so this old hag is infamously famous.

Any logical boss would have freeze her headcount n punish her to take over the job scope of every person she chased away so she learn her fuck lesson on team work.

My own boss and other colleagues all told me to avoid this old hag and say old hag got no gd reviews. The old tee kor lazy as Fuck orbisai uncles seating next to her also nothing better

Even at work, it’s common people will ask for help and when you help them, they learn better than you they don’t want to tell u how much work they have done to compete with you. Common de. I see this in older age group who are usually more selfish and can be quite backstabbing

 

[ThomasEddy]

My close friend works in a charity as he left the corporate world many years ago. He told me that the same office politics exist in the non-profit sector; the incoming CEO fired almost his entire senior management team to accommodate his cronies from his previous company. My friend survived the cull, but was demoted. The CEO's cronies occupied the COO and other senior roles, but are unfamiliar with the work and delegate most of their duties to middle management, while they enjoyed long lunches and chit chat sessions with the big boss.

Usually when there is a cull from the senior management where many left, it’s a gd sign for the middle or junior level to leave as well cos the cull may spread to there and this kind of environment usually quite Low morale.

Rather leave in dignity than to suffer demotion cos the rest of the colleagues also won’t give any respect to the demoted one.

 

[ThomasEddy]

My close friend works in a charity as he left the corporate world many years ago. He told me that the same office politics exist in the non-profit sector; the incoming CEO fired almost his entire senior management team to accommodate his cronies from his previous company. My friend survived the cull, but was demoted. The CEO's cronies occupied the COO and other senior roles, but are unfamiliar with the work and delegate most of their duties to middle management, while they enjoyed long lunches and chit chat sessions with the big boss.

Workplace is always like that where often seniors dump work to the junior and the credit snatching is always some seniors like I know of one boss who every time ask the subordinates to do the work and will help look through for them and the boss then email the work done to the bigger boss as his work. Sometimes work places have to open eyes to watch and see also

 

[ThomasEddy]

It is surprising that many bosses hire deputies based more on existing personal relationships rather than qualifications. As trust is the most important driver of staff engagement, transplanting friends into senior positions without the requisite aptitude and industry experience is risky.

Don’t like these kind of places and management as well but sadly it’s very common. This kind of staff engagement is who close to the boss gets to be promoted first. It’s like that

 

[ThomasEddy]

After all these incidents happened, I took a Lee flection of it and came out with a plan that worked like wonder.

At my last 2nd destination of work, before I call it a quit, I met one superior, who had lesser experience than me in that industry. On the first few weeks of our work collaboration, I hinted to him that my purpose there was just to be a jlb, and that I could offer to assist him with his task if he were to find it challenging. But rest assured I will only be his shadow.
After we aligned ourselves with our own objective and goals, we had a superb leelationship for many years. He left me alone and sometimes, he even allowed me to AWOL. Until when the project was sunset, and we were deployed to different projects,that's when I met another fucker superior which I couldn't apply the same plan and I ended up beaten him to a puppy, and left for good this time.

So unfair u beat people to puppy and you have to leave instead of they wag their dog tails and listen for gd unless they are the vengeful type

 

[ThomasEddy]

I had multiple similar incidence, and I know the leeson should be becos, my career started from low level to medium, to high then finally back to the low-medium level.

Is like, after you had became a commando, and later you chose to becum a 小兵, you will find yourself equipped with much more knowledge in that industry than your peers and even your superior, so naturally people will feel threaten by it.

I shall Lee quote an eg

True. The best is to do what is necessary at work and end of the day don’t need to tell everyone so much what u have done or your full experience. I usually say the relevant ones

Some I notice can be very jealous of those with more experience or those who have better qualifications than them so to me I just take it as work place is just to earn a living that is all.

 

[sbfuncle]

So unfair u beat people to puppy and you have to leave instead of they wag their dog tails and listen for gd unless they are the vengeful type

No choice.
The one doing the beating always will be looked upon as trouble maker, whereas non trouble maker will need to swallow in silence.

 

[ThomasEddy]

No choice.
The one doing the beating always will be looked upon as trouble maker, whereas non trouble maker will need to swallow in silence.

True. But the trouble maker sometimes don’t keep quiet and make some noise and sound n not fair the non trouble maker have to suffer in silence

 

[True Believer]

Don’t like these kind of places and management as well but sadly it’s very common. This kind of staff engagement is who close to the boss gets to be promoted first. It’s like that

Such bosses choose the best friend for the promotion - not the best man or woman.