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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat behavior is worse from a boss
Direct aggression or passive aggression?
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What behavior is worse from a boss (Original Post)
Danmel
Nov 2017
OP
I will take passive aggression over the woman who threw a discman across the room
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Nov 2017
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LisaM
(27,843 posts)1. Can't they be equally bad?
A good boss would exhibit neither behavior.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,900 posts)2. Both are bad, but how bad depends on what it actually consists of.
Would you rather be trashed behind your back or punched in the nose?
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)3. I will take passive aggression over the woman who threw a discman across the room
Although, I don't really care how big of a dickhead a manager is at work as long as they don't infringe on my personal time.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)4. We,, consider this: I had a boss who was passive-aggressive sometimes.
He would provoke dissension between employees, foster discord. He liked tension in the office, and kept everybody on edge, like Trump. He would dream up work assignments he knew you would find disgusting, just to flex his power.
On the other hand, he once grabbed my hand and put it on his crotch, telling me there was something so sexy about me.
Was a one time sex abuse worse than constant chaos and stress?