Bad Management: Who Leaves and Who Stays

Who leaves?

• Those who can quickly assess the situation.
• Those who realize that upper management will not correct matters.
• Those who know that the bad manager won't leave because no one else will hire him (or her).
• Those who draw the line at losing their self-respect.
• Those who are tired of seeing creativity squelched and competence scorned.
• Those who can no longer hide their contempt.

Who stays?

• Those who have more than a touch of masochism.
• Those who have retired on the job and no longer care.
• Those who have convinced themselves that all workplaces are dysfunctional.
• Those who believe upper management will eventually intervene.
• Those who are governed by a fear of unemployment.
• Those who regard any scrap of kindness from the boss as a sign of impending change.