A quarter of Australian bosses are the targets of upward bullying according to a study conducted by Griffith University. Upward bullying occurs when a manager is subjected to bullying behaviour by their subordinates. Recent research presented at the 10th International Conference on Workplace Bullying in Auckland last week presented new research on the dynamics of [...]
To be fair, some organisations put under-qualified people in middle-management type positions without the support or resources to effectively do their job, and even actively direct legitimate employee frustration to them when it’s concerning problems they have no agency over. These organisations also actively push employee/union-sympathising managers out of these roles, further narrowing the chance of a capable manager.
So you end up with either malicious middle managers or inept middle managers. Both types should quit the role - the former won’t because they love it, the latter won’t because they too inept to realise they should.
To be fair, some organisations put under-qualified people in middle-management type positions without the support or resources to effectively do their job, and even actively direct legitimate employee frustration to them when it’s concerning problems they have no agency over. These organisations also actively push employee/union-sympathising managers out of these roles, further narrowing the chance of a capable manager.
So you end up with either malicious middle managers or inept middle managers. Both types should quit the role - the former won’t because they love it, the latter won’t because they too inept to realise they should.