Mean Bosses

I just ran across an article from "Fast Company" suggesting that "Being A Meaner Boss Will Help Your Company--And Make Your Employees Happy". What kind of weirdo would think that?

Here's the link to this depressing article: http://www.fastcompany.com/1830539/why-being-a-meaner-boss-will-help-your-company-and-make-employees-happy?partner=gnews&google_editors_picks=true

There was part of it that rang true, and that was the research concluding that disagreeable people attained greater success in the workplace (success meaning mainly that they make more money- not my definition of success, but many people in our society equate money and material things with success.)

I Hoped That a Nonprofit Would Be Better

There was a great deal of hierarchy at (name of nonprofit corporation deleted). I expected a nonprofit to have a more progressive atmosphere, but this was not the case. There was a lot of emphasis placed on rank and one’s place in the organizational structure. A distinction was made between “professional” staff and “support” staff. If you were “support” staff, as I was during all but the last six months of my five years there, then you were pretty much a non-entity, and expected to cater to whatever the higher-ups wanted- errands, coffee, etc. I felt ashamed that I had spent all those years going to college part-time while working full time and raising my son, and then ended up unable to work at a respectable salaried position. I had to constantly tell myself I had worth as a person, because my environment was certainly not telling me this.