Wow! CG that's great! I would have to say my current boss is the best boss I've had. He can be strict and he does have a temper some days but once you learn his bark is always worse than his bite then you can handle it with a grain of salt so to speak.
He and I are alot alike in our backgrounds which makes it easy to get along with him. However, his personality is totally opposite of mine. He's a definte Type A personality full of energy and you know when he's in the room. Nothing wrong with that, however, if he's having a bad day you'll know that too. Short fused but once he fuses he gets over it just as quick. I am just the opposite, very quiet and very well reserved and I stew over little things for days and let them bother me more than I should and am working on that.
I've been with this boss (who is the CFO of the company) for 6 years now and working on my 7th this coming November. Hard to believe but it's been a great working relationship and the more I get to know him the more I like he and his wife.
I've had some really bad bosses that try to either micromanage (which I learned doesn't work for me) and others that just try to back stab you just to make herself look better (I was just out of college and didn't know of such things yet). So when my current boss has a difficult day, I think back to those bad situations and think it could be much worse and try to learn from why he's the way he is too. He's a great teacher and able to teach me the ins and outs of the company as it is a different line of work that what I've been acustomed too and is very interesting. I haven't gotten bored yet and there are always different things that I can take on and try to improve or do on my own as growth potential. Unfortunatley there isn't much room to move up but that's okay as I am quite happy working in the Accounting Department anyway.
My boss will turn 60 at the end of the month and he teases me every time he checks to stock market and if it's up I'm not a happy camper cause that means he can retire. If it's down I do my happy dance and he's just shakin his head at me. LOL! I'm hoping he will be here for a bit longer anyway.
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