How many of you love your boss? Like working with her/him? Feel comfortable with your senior? I’m a advertising professional working with an home appliances company. It has been more than 15 months that I joined this company. My boss in a lady. People always say that lady bosses are not good to work with. They don’t understand you (specially if you are a lady too..). Now I don’t think that makes a big difference whether your boss is lady or a man. What you guys think on this??

Boss. A very horrible word in itself. But I wonder, is it really that horrible? My boss and I have many complaints for each other. At times, I feel that she is stupid, she doesn’t know how to handle things, she unnecessarily creates mess when things can be sorted out very easily, she doesn’t want to do anything and put all the pressure on me….list goes on…

 On the other hand, she thinks that I do not follow up with the agencies and vendors properly. I don’t put that special effort when required. I start looking for the solutions before actually recognising the problem well. I try to neglect her and seldom report to the superiors with her involvement….even this list is endless…

But apart from all these complaints, I think she is a nice boss. She always understands. I never have to give reasons for half days & leaves. Somehow, it is very comfortable working with her. I tell you the incident when I realised this feeling of being comfortable.

My boss and I are open to each other in a sense that she has the access to my personal email IDs & I have to hers. A month back, she was on leave and I logged on to her personal ID for some work (of course with her consent). When I logged in I found a mail in the Inbox, which was sent by Mr. Riyaz, who was earlier working with our organisation. He left 6 months back and now works as director HR in some Automobile company. Mail consisted of an offer letter for my boss, subsequent to her interview held with that automobile company.. I read that mail, did my other work & logged out. After two days, out of curiosity, I logged on to her mail ID again (and this time, without informing her). I was very happy when I saw that she has replied to Mr. Riyaz, accepting the offer and conforming the joining date on May 05, 2008. I was delighted with the thought that being this the appraisal time, as soon as she will leave, I’ll get her position. I’ll get power, a deputy, a cabin, and many things..  

We work 5 days a week. She didn’t come on May 01 (Thursday), not even on May 02 (Friday). I was happy. It was the best weekend in my whole life, delighted with the fact that I’ will rule my dept. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Past… her mobile was switched off. No body picked phone at her residence also. I started being uncomfortable. Lots of doubts, questions, problems… which I dint know how to solve.. It was a very bad condition for me. I started realising that I am not capable yet for the things that I was happy to think about… There were many things that she used to do.. I felt her absence very badly.. I was sad. Sad with the thought of failure.. Went to home on Wednesday with the fear of presenting my monthly report on Thursday, which my boss used to present. I couldn’t sleep that night.

Thursday morning, I left early from home, with the thought of reaching early to office & then prepare for presentation. I reached office at 8:30 (office time is 9:30).  I kept my bag on the reception and moved to rest room. But somebody was in. As I waited in the lobby, I saw my boss coming out of the rest room. I was surprised to see her, yet very happy. Couldn’t ask anything from her but just..”aap itni Jaldi Kaise”?? And she replied, Commo’n Ritika, we have our presentation today;.

I still don’t know, why she was on leave.. What happened in those seven days.. why her cell phone was switched of.. But I just know one thing that I was the happiest when I saw her back and realised what she means..

Now any ideas on how all you working people get along with your boses.. What you think of them.. Anything .. is welcome.