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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Women are the worst managers I have had. And they treat the women even worse. It's just been my personal experience.[/quote]

I find that bad female managers are actively bad and bad male managers are passively bad. I think it makes bad women managers look worse because you can point to specific things they did that are horrible, but the bad male managers are equally maddening in that they tend to do things like let problems fester, avoid responsibility, only manage up, take credit for everything, etc. Also in my experience bad male managers move around a lot (and move up!) while you get stuck with bad female managers longer. Peter Principle works more for men, its why you eventually end up with incompetent CEOs and VPs.

I am a fantastic female manager and I became that way by making an effort to not do the things I hate in managers and to try and do the things I wish good managers would do. Be predictable, responsive, clear about expectations, and consistent; share information, try and minimize surprises, share credit/take blame (instead of the other way around), actually deal with problem people, etc. You gotta remember you're management now and not president of the union (there is a divide), but you also need to manage the people you manage and not just suck up to leadership.

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