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what traits does a good manager have? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll go first:

doesn't treat his employees differently according to personal bias.

Wants his employees to become better and to earn more money.

Respects his employees' needs for solitude (yes, I'm an introvert and want to disconnect during my pause) and knows what boundaries are.

Doesn't leave you in the lurch. One of the reason why I quit my last job is that my manager, who loved to claim we're a team would always go to smoke with his friends, while I'd be taking care of business, something he never acknowledge. His pauses lasted always more than 30 minutes and I was supposed to always work more than him. Nope.

Is not a drama queen and has a life outside of the workplace.

Doesn't try manipulating me each time I call in sick.

Am I asking for much?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Understanding their workers and excels at the simple things.

I worked retail in college and most of the managers werE constantly having arguments about scheduling with their employees because most were in college and had odd schedules. My manager came in and first thing they did was sit down with each of us individually to come up with our availability. She then did something inconceivable to the other managers. She made a set schedule for the semester for all of us. The other managers said "they're part time, that's not what they do". Immediately tension with scheduling was gone. We also didn't have confusion with why I had to work Saturday but so and so didnt.

Throughout her time there she made other simple things like that easier. Want time off? Just first one to ask for it would get it off. Christmas and holidays? We are retail so it's tough, but she made sure everyone got enough time for families.

Of course then everyone had no idea how she had the best performing department and why her worker happiness, retention, and sales were up. Gobsmacked. Almost like we were motivated to work harder because of the simple respect we received