The Devil Wears Prada!
I was talking to one of my boylets in Tiwi, Albay the other day. He gave me the news. My other boylet na binilhan ko nang pridyidir is now an OFW in Dubai. Huh?! Eh dahil kilala ko yong nangutong saken… “Tatagal ba yun dun?!” sabi ko. Eh kasi nga, first it was Kotsengkuba who told me he’s had it and decided to go home after working for so many years in China. Then, it was my nephew who said, he is so tired with his Arab employer in Saudi. He’s back in Bicol and is not planning to fly back. Then, it was a friend who works in New York for one of the big 4 accounting firms who just phoned me and said its quits for her. All because of “Doreen”. I remember my own moments… with Doreen.
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The Devil Wears Prada! Remember that movie? Merryl Streep brought workplace bullying to us in big screen. Over at reyna elena dot com, I call those bosses “Doreen”.
We all ran across all types of “Doreen’s” in our life. They love to bully us. They love to manipulate us. And they love to run around that all the credit are theirs. They love that we would succumbed to their power trips. They say “I suggest…” but in reality they meant “Follow me, or else!” I’ve heard this many, many times in my work.
Of course, Doreens of the world understand the mechanics of bullying because they know the difficulty of finding another work. The more they seem to appear during periods of recession. I pity the working women who deserve flexible working hours. They will forever be pasted following the traditional standard working hours.
I hate bullies. Of any types. Sizes and shapes, old or young, blacks or whites and all the browns in between. But, in my experience, good managers are those that motivates, inspires and engages staff. This typically brings out the best out of them. Who wants to work with a dictator? But it’s different at work. It’s almost like communism. Drawing the line is easy. Doreen’s the boss.
But does most of you would rather prefer a relaxed leadership style as opposed to one that is one of control and demand? How do you deal with bullies at work?
P.S.
Follow-up entry will touch characters at work.
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I suggest we carry an ammunition and shoot the living daylight out of these so called Doreens. There’s NO OTHER WAY!
litsi oo! hahaha! ayoko nyan! marami pa akong susus-tentuhan no! hahaha!
hmmmm….ang ginawa ko noon? either walk-out-an ko sya lagi, o kaya naman e sundin to the letter ang gusto nya, para kung palpak eh sya lang ang sisisihin ko at ng buong kumpanya.
reynz, ako nun na-blackmail ko yung hinayupak na boss naming bwisit. alam ko kasi ang mga katarantaduhan niya. ang di niya alam, yung sekretary niya ay pinsan ko kaya lahat ng baho niya bistado ko hehe
anong gagawin sa mga doreens? edi layasan, pro siguraduhin meron 2nd job pantawid gutom o kaya meron na kaagad job na papalit.
‘day, may mga tawag kami sa mga bosses namin dito, si trudis, si papi, si ate, si olivia at si Prada! si prada ang pinaka hate ko
masyadong demanding ang bruha
kapapalabas nito lang kagabi sa TNT yata diba? I love the movie. Lalo na yung sa huling scene na kumaway si anne hataw kay meryl streep tapos akala ni anne kakawayan rin siya, yun pala nag-aadjust lang ng salamin. Whahahah!
Naku buti na lang ako na lang ang Doreen ng buhay ko. Dahil full time homemaker ang job status na inapplayan ko.
sigh, naku kamahalan maraming beses ko ng rin pinag iisipang mag settle na sa pinas, pero dipa ko financially stable.
(nasan na nga pala si elyong?sa kanya ko nabasa yung meaning ng financially stable)
so far naman maswerte ako sa labas ng bansa sa mga nagiging boos ko wala namang bully na talagang nakakakunsumi (sa pinas lang talaga ako naka encounter ng ganyan na nilalayasan ko talaga)
The truly insightful managers are the ones who, rather than horde the work, would delegate and teach his/her staff to the point that they can function as a team autonomously without said manager’s close day-to-day supervision. Under such a manager, staff would be given responsibility and authority to resolve issues on their own using their own better judgment and escalate only by exception.
A lot of managers are uncomfortable with this and prefer to be seen as a go-to person for any issues/challenges his/her staff may encounter. Being a control freak (the opposite of what I described in the 1st paragrpah) is in itself a form of bullying.
Naku reynz, nakaparami talagang corporate bully. Minsan nga gusto ko ng magtayo na lang ng business para less stress. Sa corporate world, manager ka na nga pero may mataas pa, at yung mga mas mataas sa iyo yun ang mga nangbu-bully minsan, pushing the patience to the limit.
tsk..tsk..tsk…
hay, sana nga manalo na lang ako sa lotto. nakakasawa rin maging corporate slave. pagkadami-daming boss. the hierarchy sometimes makes me dizzy.
ayoko din ng bully. walang nag bu-bully at wala din akong binu-bully.
ako kasi ang tipo na sumasagot talaga kapag nasa katwiran ako maski big boss pa yan. wala akong kinakatakutan pagdating sa ganyang sitwasyon
its a matter of respect lang para sa akin.
Hay nako. Mga DOREEN.
Ewan ko ba kung baket laging may kasama akong doreen sa bawat yugto ng aking corporate life dati. kaya nilayasan ko na ang corporate dahil sa mga pisting doreen na yan na makita ko lang ang mukha e PROBLEMA NA.
Maswerte naman ako. Okay yung mga babaeng boss ko, di nila ako kayang i-Doreen. At pag di ko naman type ang boss, hala… lipat ng Department. ahehe