During Your Working Years, Did You Prefer a Male or Female Boss?

Beezer

Beezer

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My wife always said she preferred a male Superior on the job. They were just more understanding when it came to her personal needs...family matters...that monthly cycle...etc.

I never had an issue with any female bosses during my work career, but certainly butted heads with a few men in those positions.

Your thoughts?
 

I like both for different reasons and experience them as people not genders. When I was younger, I definitely preferred male bosses but now have a female boss and enjoy her. She is wonderful as both a human being and a boss. So there is my two cents. It depends on the individual.
 
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Sunny said:
I've had both, with varying opinions of how I liked them. Their gender wasn't a factor.
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Same here, with exceptions. Even bosses are individuals. Hell, I was a boss for a lot of years. I probably had more problems with supervisors that I managed than problems from uphill.

There the most difficult were female supervisors with mostly female workers. "Little mothers" sure can be petty and vindictive.

All that said, I had some weird cases like a female boss who basically "made me carry her purse" for her a time or two. It is hard to testosterone your way out of the stench of "woman's purse" on you, let me tell you. The other wolves can smell it all over you.
 
Beezer said:
Hmm...

But perhaps you have just stumbled upon it! Women are the bosses of the household in many cases, and can't stand having another woman (Boss) dictating to her as to how things should be done.

Thoughts?
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The infamous mother - daughter in law clash. Boys just better stand back and let them work it out. No refereeing or you'll be accused of 'taking sides'.
 
Beezer said:
My wife always said she preferred a male Superior on the job. They were just more understanding when it came to her personal needs...family matters...that monthly cycle...etc.

I never had an issue with any female bosses during my work career, but certainly butted heads with a few men in those positions.

Your thoughts?
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I've a very different perspective than any mentioned previously. For me it depended on the industry I was working in. I worked a wide range of industries comprising seven distinctly different careers and 24 different employers during my working life. In some I never worked under a woman or in other industries under a man. It really depended on the industry and what was appropriate.

For example, I worked on a slaughter house killing floor. Here men were men and had to be given the sort of work it was. There were no women. So, of course a man boss was the preference. However, in mixed environments where both men and women worked it varied just as much depending on the work. For example in retail banking I preferred a woman supervisor to back me up. They often handled people (customer) conflicts with their stronger people skills and verbal skills. Women can hold their ground and be asserted, nicely better than men. Men seem to have a short fuse and blow up loudly when it comes to dealing with customers in banks.


However, in other mixed environments I prefer a male boss; one I can have confidence in. For example the pit boss on a casino gambling floor. When dealing with a mean, half drunk, gambler that lost the big hand the confrontive, intimidating, take no prisoners pit boss who is a man keeps the place calm, and ends tensions quickly and decisively. And, when working as an assistant bouncer I prefer male lead bouncers. I'd hate to have to depend on a woman if I called for help when dealing with someone bigger and meaner than me.
 
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I'm going to go in depth (as always). :ROFLMAO: I think it really depends on the circumstances. I've had good and horrible bosses of both genders.

I had male bosses in the 90's that were misogynistic and oppressive. They looked down on females. I was relatively meek in my 30's, so they took every opportunity to put me down. I also had a female boss in the 90's that loved me and invited me to her house and to dinner with her husband, but she was bi-polar and would climb over anyone to get to the top. She gave me an award for being top of my department, but when I was promoted to another department she told everyone I had "short timer's attitude".

In the 2000's, I had a female boss who was all business and tough as nails. She would call me in my home office on Monday to touch base. She would never ask about my family or how my weekend was, but she offered great guidance and made decisions that moved the company forward. She was truly the best boss I've ever had. She passed away unexpectedly and was replaced by another female boss that would call me and spend lots of time asking how I was doing, but she didn't have a clue as to my department or how to run the business. She was the worst boss I've ever had.

Due to her inability to run the company, she was replaced by a gay male boss that had originally hired me at my company. He was brilliant at team-building and understood the business. He became the president of the company. I had two bosses under him. One was a straight male who was brilliant and appreciated me for my experience. He's reached out to me in retirement with employment opportunities. The other was a gay male who was serious about the business and was admired in the industry but was only out for himself. I've not heard from him since I retired.

So, it runs the spectrum.
 

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