Should You Ever Work For a Bad Boss ? Un artículo de Jack Welch
El genial Jack Welch, ex CEO de General Electric y con formación en ingeniería química y con un doctorado en Ingeniería Química por la Universidad de Illinois Urbana Champaing, legendario director de General Electric Corporation, a la cual la llevó hasta los 417 mil millones de facturación en su gestión (mucho mas que el PIB de muchos países emergentes), esta vez desde su "Jack Welch Management Institute at Strayer University" nos presenta este interesantísimo post que muestra que no hay empresas malas, sino malos jefes y quien mejor que Jack Welch, para recomendar algo que por experiencia propia lo sabe.
"What’s better, to work for a bad boss at a good company or a good boss at a weak company?
We’ve
gotten this question several times while traveling around the world,
and we have been amazed at how split audiences seem on the answer.
Amazed, because to us this is an absolute no-brainer. If you have to
pick between these options, by all means, work for the good company!
Here’s
our reasoning. If you are at a truly good company, its leaders will
eventually find and dispatch the bad boss. That can take time—months, or
even a year or more. In that case, you might even be rewarded with a
promotion for having delivered results during your ordeal. After all,
everyone has been there at some point in his or her career, toiling for
some turkey who’s moody, mean, or just plain incompetent.
But
even if you’re not promoted for your “hardship duty,” you will still be
better off for having endured a boss from hell. You will be able to
stay where you are in the good company with a new and better superior or
move sideways to a fresh opportunity. Remember: Any experience you get
at a good company where you’re working with smart people is worthwhile,
and a stint at a company with a sterling reputation gives you an
excellent career credential down the road, if you need it.
Now
think about the other scenario. Without question, having a good boss is
one of life’s best experiences. Good bosses can make work fun,
meaningful, and all those warm, fuzzy things. Good bosses
can make work feel like a home away from home. They can make your team
feel like a family. In some cases, they can even make you feel like
you’ve found a long lost friend or finally gotten “parental” approval.
But
the good boss-weak company dynamic is a velvet coffin. All bosses
eventually depart. They move up, out, or sideways. And someday your good
boss will leave you, too. In fact, good bosses in weak companies are
especially vulnerable to change because they have the extra stress of
“protecting” their people from the impact of the organization’s larger
problems. This burden can wear them out or make them political pariahs,
or both. Either way, in time they go.
In
some ways, this question comes down to a choice between short- and
long-term gains. In the short term, working for a bad boss, even in a
good company, can be a nightmare. But in the long term, when the bad boss is gone, at least you’ll have the opportunity to move on.
Working
for a good boss in the short term can be thoroughly enjoyable even when
the company is collapsing around you. Long-term, however, those happy
vibes will come back to haunt you. When your boss makes a
beeline for the exit, you’ll be trapped. Getting a new job after you’ve
worked at a company with a mediocre or poor reputation is hard. It’s
almost as if you’re tainted. So all you’ll have is a second-rate
credential and nice memories. Do your career a favor and get your
memories elsewhere."
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9:30 AM
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