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Yavin4

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14. Bad managers don't help you grow

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Thu Jun 2, 2016, 01:35 AM

Jun 2016

And you have to grow in order to stay employed. You have to learn new things. You have to develop. If you're doing the same set of tasks for more than two years, you will eventually be replaced by someone cheaper or a piece of software.

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Why good employees leave [View all] Major Nikon Jun 2016 OP

This is true. In my job, we have new managers and a sudden... TreasonousBastard Jun 2016 #1

People often incorrectly assume that upper managers are the smartest guys in the room Major Nikon Jun 2016 #2

well duh . . n/t annabanana Jun 2016 #3

I agree Hayduke Bomgarte Jun 2016 #4

It also depends on the people above the managers, kentauros Jun 2016 #5

Less directly, yes Major Nikon Jun 2016 #6

Okay, but I was going on personal experience. kentauros Jun 2016 #8

It happens all the time even at the highest levels of business Major Nikon Jun 2016 #9

Good point. kentauros Jun 2016 #11

They do at some level, but it's lost on many Major Nikon Jun 2016 #12

Yeah. kentauros Jun 2016 #13

Good employees leave... uriel1972 Jun 2016 #7

Actually not as much as you might think Major Nikon Jun 2016 #10

Bad managers don't help you grow Yavin4 Jun 2016 #14

A year into this job I was literally a day and a signed letter away from quitting OriginalGeek Jun 2016 #15

I develop great employees Generic Brad Jun 2016 #16

Sometimes people get to be managers The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #17