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occasional coffee or delegating assignments in a way that is suspiciously too comfortable and easy-going. If these signs match that off your own boss, it’s very possible that you’ve got a two-faced boss ready to show an ugly side.
If a male boss is buddying up with female subordinates that can easily signal a boss that’s taking an interest in items that aren’t work-related. The last thing any a woman needs is unwanted attention from a boss so be very careful when being greeted with overly friendly gestures from a male supervisor.
An insecure manager may turn to putting on two-faces to accommodate different work dynamics. S/he may smile and cozy up to upper-level management while screaming and micromanaging the subordinates.
It’s also possible that double-sided bosses may change faces depending on the fluctuating facets of the work environment. The manager may suffer from a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde syndrome in which s/he may be sort that cannot handle the pressure of time management and resort to contrasting personalities. In the calm of the storm, this type of boss will be the sweetest and most accommodating of people but during moments of the storm itself, s/he will morph into a Mr. Hyde character shouting, accusing and threatening subordinates
Two-faced bosses typically exhibit other bad behaviors— stealing ideas and work of subordinates, backstabbing, manipulating and finger pointing are signs of bosses who hide behind a likeable façade.
The best advice for working under such unpredictable managers is to keep a back up copy of all your work and to keep others on the update of your progress. That way, accusations can be backed up and there will be a copy of your work in case your boss pretends not to have received it. And always smile while keeping an eye in the back of your head.
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I have the very boss that you are talking about. I feel like you know her. lol
I have a manager that is one. She gripes to me that two of her employees that check their cell phones throughout the work day, calling in all the time with lame excuses, talk on about their endless drama lives. But she never confronts their behavior. She continues to let them do what they want and buddies up with them. She hung up on me when I called in and I was really sick! I just do my job the best I can and go home. Another girl that works there says there is some two-facing going on up here and she is absolutely right.
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