seylex:
this happen to be my first female boss, and just 2 months of working together she is so typical of those ive read about. these are a few of their realities.
disclaimer - this is not representative of all women just the type of my boss.

a little background.
I was employed as a marketing and business development manager for a new product. she was not in the country during the recruitment exercise-out of the country) so she didn't know me from adam. Ive heard a lot of stories of how she was very insensitive, bossy and a control freak an admin officer with priviledge information said i was employed because of my calmness during the interview to cancel out her aggressive character. well i kept an open mind, however upon her arrival our first meeting betrayed her so much as she felt she was not in control of my person. just a month to the job i already had proposals on ground that will restructure the company and re-position it for the market. well since then its been a tug of war between us both.

All my requests and moves were rebuffed, all support was literally non existent. well marketing happens to be a cost centre in itself, sales brings in the money. many dont know the difference though including my boss. i managed the two role independently despite all the challenges, but we are yet to make sales.

she pretends as if she doesnt know why we are not making sales. and shes using that as a pedestal to victimize me. she copies the HR on unnecessary issues and quite frankly its frustrating.

well after all these i had to understand her and why we may never gel -

1. women bosses are arrogant
2. they always want to be in control
3. they are mostly lazy themselves
4. they are mostly insecure

at least my boss is all the above and more.

well, she wants me to lick her a**, but Im never doing all of that. I know over time we may blend but for now its so annoying. i feel like leaving already. Guys with experience should please give honest advise to a distressed worker.

@lalastical

Kachisbarbie:
oh pls, stop being a sexist...any boss could be bad, be it female or male. I am sure if that your boss happened to be a man, you would call him a disciplinarian, now it is a woman...she is witch, okwaya?

That aside, I think women pay more attention to details, this makes them so result oriented and they tend to put pressure on everyone around them to achieve the/their desired result.
My boss is a woman, she is 38, single_ but she defies all the stereotype of a Nigerian female boss. So, stop this rubbish...

By the way, I have subordinates, I am a woman and I am the least of their problems_ but whenever they try to abuse the fact that I am woman...the kind memo that follows it_them dey use dictionary reply am.

400billionman:


Hahaha, some ladies are arrogant.

While some are control freaks. Give her a litle source of income, her respect for you withers away.

mamawin:
well, I don't know what my own staff will say about me but female bosses ain't that bad. well my tips, be warm to her, compliment her dressing, do the work she assigned to you plus extra, seek her opinions on things like you really need her help. in all, do your best, and if it isn't enough, na she get wahala

nairamaverick:
Please what product was the company into?

goingape:
I do compliment my formal boss and and sometime bought something for her when COMING BACK!

unfortunately she is not a black WOMAN! I just don't know what you people think you are!

why is it that you black people like doing THINGS the hard WAY?

the pride of a woman is sometimes mistaken as a viper!

you are a boss in that company doesn't mean you are a boss forever! one thing I know many female especially the black ones are lacking is communication and interactive skill with ya employee! this isn't good for business

cocktopuss:


Why go through all these when he is not her husband? Compliment? Ask for advise? Be warm? If this is what every female leader needs to be a good leader then women are NOT fit to lead organizations period! Everyone is there to work and make money for the company its shareholders and satisfy clients not unnecessarily fraternising.... Haba

cocktopuss:


Why go through all these when he is not her husband? Compliment? Ask for advise? Be warm? If this is what every female leader needs to be a good leader then women are NOT fit to lead organizations period! Everyone is there to work and make money for the company its shareholders and satisfy clients not unnecessarily fraternising.... Haba

seunfly:
U are right, I'm self employed and I'm into property management, sales, consultancy and estate development. I've noticed doing business with men is less complicated and easy to pull through but when it comes to women, u have to spell out all the terms and condition in white and black b4 u even goes into any business ventures with some of them. Trust me women folks will still break many of those terms but it will save u from too many drama especially financial contribution to d development of such business and sharing ratio for the profit margin.

Most women I've worked with will want to contribute less in a joint ventures businesses but want to have largest shares from the financial income.

mamawin:
well, I don't know what my own staff will say about me but female bosses ain't that bad. well my tips, be warm to her, compliment her dressing, do the work she assigned to you plus extra, seek her opinions on things like you really need her help. in all, do your best, and if it isn't enough, na she get wahala

mamawin:
well, I don't know what my own staff will say about me but female bosses ain't that bad. well my tips, be warm to her, compliment her dressing, do the work she assigned to you plus extra, seek her opinions on things like you really need her help. in all, do your best, and if it isn't enough, na she get wahala

Edusouls:
and all these things are to try flatter an insensitive,arrogant and proud woman boss...it wont work,you women are difficult, a creation half baked, even God himself avoid women cos una wahala don tire am,talkless of men..i dont blame you women shaa,the western education, and satan inspired feminism have given u inferior and faulty beings the chance to head the lions of God,the choosen ones men, in some places.,men has had enough of these anomalies it will soon be permanently corrected...

Digriz:
I once worked under one and all what u listed were applied by me bt u know what,she then turns me to her slave,errand boy. She will call me a sweet name and be using me as her houseboy.

cocktopuss:


Why go through all these when he is not her husband? Compliment? Ask for advise? Be warm? If this is what every female leader needs to be a good leader then women are NOT fit to lead organizations period! Everyone is there to work and make money for the company its shareholders and satisfy clients not unnecessarily fraternising.... Haba

cocktopuss:

Why go through all these when he is not her husband? Compliment? Ask for advise? Be warm? If this is what every female leader needs to be a good leader then women are NOT fit to lead organizations period! Everyone is there to work and make money for the company its shareholders and satisfy clients not unnecessarily fraternising.... Haba

cocktopuss:


Why go through all these when he is not her husband? Compliment? Ask for advise? Be warm? If this is what every female leader needs to be a good leader then women are NOT fit to lead organizations period! Everyone is there to work and make money for the company its shareholders and satisfy clients not unnecessarily fraternising.... Haba

ikevictor22:
Well all are through! But mine was vice versa, she wanted to go on a date with me. But I was dating her personal assistance, which almost got her fired. Lol. Women and their wahala.

Taryur3:

Don't tell me you are a boss.

mamawin:
well, I don't know what my own staff will say about me but female bosses ain't that bad. well my tips, be warm to her, compliment her dressing, do the work she assigned to you plus extra, seek her opinions on things like you really need her help. in all, do your best, and if it isn't enough, na she get wahala

mamawin:
ha ha! men sha, do you all want us to list what women go through under male bosses? I only advised d guy to try those, maybe it will work, not that I enjoy them myself. why the insults?

que4:
My first job was with a man. He could moody as hell and quite frankly I was happy leaving.

Second was with a woman. Very inspirational but crafty and vindictive. Also a troublemaker and landed her entire staff in prison while she was tucked awaybsafely outside Nigeria. Still ok to work for but gosh... I like my freedom.

The third was a woman I grew to HATE. She was manipulative, arrogant, bossy.... Some of the things she did made no sense and was at the detriment of her company. I learnt how to be patient with her till i discovered her ethics was poisoning my life and I told her goodbye. She still found a way to blame my leaving on me. Wish her very well.

cocktopuss:


There's nothing insulting about wat I said. I don't have to cater to my female bosses' emotional needs since I'm not her husband. Only there to work....

I'm no woman so I don't know how women feel working under a man, one thing I know is that for women its worse working under a fellow woman....

tjmc:


so complementing her praising her and all these you wrote are they the reason he was employed. una wahala reach 999 storey building