Message #43422

[countrigal]

The best boss I've ever had, and I've had some good ones, would have to be my old supervisor from Little Rock, when I worked in the Medicine Office.  Ms. H was tough but you always knew where you stood with her, and she was direct to a fault.  If you messed up, she'd tell you about it but always privately and it never went further than the involved parties.  If someone else said something negative, she backed you up, even if in private she would have words for you.  She saw potential in me that I didn't see at the time, and is the one who pushed me to do more with my life and career, showing me what I was capable of.  She didn't micro-manage, but felt that if she gave you a task, you would do it and if you needed help you'd be smart enough to ask for it.  She expected you to be an adult and pro-active in your work, and awarded you appropriately for it.  Like another poster's best boss, she would release us early if the weather was bad, shoo us out of the office on time (unless a set-in-stone deadline was pending, everything could be picked back up in the morning and not sacrifice personal time), and if it was slow, she was known to implement the "59 minute rule" whereby the supervisor could release us up to 59 minutes early without charging leave.  She encouraged me to get my degree, and even though I no longer work for her, she has kept up with me and celebrated my promotions, my getting my degree, and my having a baby.  She is a great mentor in addition to having been my boss, and I was very lucky to get to work for her for that one short year.  She is counted as a friend, and one I'm lucky to have met.

CountriGal
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