Female bosses

[Amy]

Do any of you work for a female boss? I have been clashing with my female boss over a logo design and other marketing ideas. She has it in her head how she wants them-forget about what her dh (the Dentist) and I like. Well, she wasn't in the office today and her dh and I came together on some great ideas and layouts. He was such a joy to colaborate with. We are both happy with the ideas and vetoed out some of his wife's ideas. She came in and wasn't looking to happy that we made decision's without her consent. He told me not to worry about her and go about with our ideas.

I worked for a woman boss before and it was a total nightmare. This isn't as bad, but makes me wonder why it is so much easier to work for a man. Do any of you feel the same way and why?

[AnnW]

My last boss was a woman and she was fantastic to work for. I have had some bad ones in the past, but I have had bad men bosses too.

[Mickey]

Most of the bosses I've had are women and I haven't had any problems. I've had to go to a few of these bosses over co-workers not pulling their weight and have been supported every time.

I have to say that veto-ing your boss' ideas with her husband behind her back is probably not a good way to win her over. If it were me, I would tell the two of them to come to an agreement and let me know what they decide. JMHO.

[Amy]

I couldn't agree with you more! My job job is a catch 22. They gave me this job because they are extremely overextended with their other priorities, but she refuses to let me have created control because she is a control freak by nature. So a lot of times Im sitting around waiting to hear back from her and never will because she is so overextended. I don't regret this meeting with the dentist because at least I can push ahead and stop waiting around.

[Diane]

I've had both male and female bosses and I liked my female boss a lot more than I liked my male boss... he was a real ding-a-ling. LOL We all use to call him "twinkle-toes". LOL He was the biggest busybody you'd ever want to see. He was more like an adult babysitter than a boss... he'd monitor the amount of time each person spent in the bathroom. If you got a personal phone call or had to make a phone call during the day, he'd walk back and forth past your desk staring at you and looking at his watch until you'd get off. He had little half walls installed around each of our desks to try to prevent us from talking to each other and wasting time. He was in his 60's, never married, and yet he managed an office full of 10 women. He drove us all crazy. LOL

My woman boss was a little bit on the competative side... she "usually" always wanted things her way, but at least she was always willing to take the time to listen to what we had to say. Once in a while she'd even surprise us by using one of our idea's and unlike my male boss... she'd actually give us credit for it! LOL She trusted us to use our time wisely and totally understood when we needed to use the phone for a personal phone call... Also, because she had children... she understood when some of other women in the office would need to take the time off because of their kids. That's not to say that ALL women bosses are better but I usually think that because they ARE women they can relate to other women better. Then again... MOST normal men/bosses will bend over backwards trying to make things OKay in the office... I think it totally depends upon the person! :) I only hope she doesn't hold a grudge against you for this... some women usually do very well at that too. LOL :)

[Amy]

Thanks for the input. I had some wingding male bosses in my time too, but I could always work around them or they never really got on my case. My first position with a woman boss was a nightmare. Her work ethic was to induce terror in all her employees. I saw grown women cry under this woman boss. Not a pretty sight.

[Mickey]

Originally posted by Amy/CO
I couldn't agree with you more! My job job is a catch 22. They gave me this job because they are extremely overextended with their other priorities, but she refuses to let me have created control because she is a control freak by nature. So a lot of times Im sitting around waiting to hear back from her and never will because she is so overextended. I don't regret this meeting with the dentist because at least I can push ahead and stop waiting around.

Well, that just stinks! She needs to let go if she's going to get help.

I would still sit down with both of them and say, "I'm here to help. I feel a bit of a struggle with the logo design--if you can come to an agreement, I'd like to move forward with it. Otherwise, what else can I do to help?"

[Ryleigh]

I have a female boss. She has her moments when we would all like to tell her to 'give her head a shake and think about what she is saying' but for the most part she is ok.
Her biggest downfall is that she is "always right". She will ask for a group opinion on a matter but if it is different than her own she doesn't go for it anyway. Even if she is the only one voting against it. One staff called her on it one day and although she denied it at the time she must have thought about it because she has been a bit better.
She can be a great support to us otherwise. You just have to catch her when she is in a good mood.