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Poor emotional management
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When uploading promotional materials to Facebook, remember not to base the wording on the boss’s verbal instructions,
because the boss is not very good at expressing herself,
her grammar is usually not very fluent,
and she does not like employees asking questions.
If you do not understand what the boss means,
please try to guess what she is thinking or ask a senior colleague.
When the boss is in a good mood,
the day will be peaceful and go smoothly.
She cannot separate her emotions about work from her personal emotions;
she brings her personal emotions into the company,
and they affect employees she does not like.
Whether the boss is in a good or bad mood depends on luck.
When the boss has a smooth bowel movement, she is in a good mood.
When stocks rise, she is in a good mood.
When the news is positive, she is in a good mood.
If the boss appreciates you,
she will treat you in a gentle and refined manner,
and will not see a single flaw in you.
There is no bookkeeping and no concept of financial management.
She loves browsing Shopee and buying useless things.
The boss’s interests are buying children’s toys
and novel technology products,
so you may get to handle interesting gadgets.
Regarding toys bought by the boss,
please do not criticize them; the boss cannot accept criticism.
Please happily accept them and show a joyful, satisfied expression.
That is the only way you will have an easy day!
The boss likes employees to agree with her ideas.
Please follow the influencers she likes and remember every news story.
At work, she will occasionally ask you:
“Do you know who posted something yesterday?”
“Did you watch anyone’s livestream?”
“What did yesterday’s news say?”
Even if you do not know, you must act as if you do: “Oh~ I know (hahaha, yeah!)”
If you follow what she follows, she will feel that you share common ground and get along well.
Your days will then be much easier!
She needs you to know how to read her expressions, notice subtle details,
flatter others, be patient, work efficiently,
adapt to changing circumstances, and be considerate.
If you cannot stand her behavior, hold it in and do not kindly point it out,
unless you are confident that you can change her way of thinking.
Speak less and give brief answers to her questions.
This will prevent her unusual way of thinking from making you angry.
If she does not agree with what you say,
she will think about it repeatedly,
usually in a negative way.
Remember: speak less, because the more you say, the more mistakes you make.
If you heed the advice of senior colleagues, a raise may be just around the corner and your days will remain calm.
There is a book club about team management.
You need to arrive at work 10 minutes early because there is a morning reading session.
The book club meets once a month.
There is an employee trip, always to Japan—Osaka and Kyoto.
Labor and health insurance are provided.
There is an annual year-end banquet.
There is a year-end bonus.
Two days off per week; public holidays are days off.
【The boss often unintentionally hurts people with her words】
If she does not like you,
she will constantly find fault with you and attack you psychologically,
but she does not realize that this creates invisible pressure.
If she does not like you, she will make an issue out of even the smallest things.
Whatever you do, she will find fault with it.
This puts employees under a great deal of pressure.
【The boss has a three-minute attention span】
If she decides to carry out a project,
please deal with it as quickly as possible so that she does not accuse you of not caring.
She easily forgets what she has said,
so write it down on LINE or complete whatever she assigns as soon as possible.
The boss loves shopping for children’s toys,
but quickly gets tired of them.
The boss loves buying books and putting on an appearance of studying seriously,
but for someone with a three-minute attention span, learning also lasts only three minutes.
【The boss cannot follow through on many things】
She has many dreams and many goals.
However, she does not plan, and usually just talks about them.
Please act as though you support and encourage her;
that way, your days will be much easier.
You do not need to take what she says too seriously,
because she will not persevere with it.
【The boss is careless】
She allows herself to make mistakes. When a product she handled turns out to be defective,
she makes excuses for herself: “That is not my area of expertise.”
She does not allow employees to make mistakes. Once you make one, she will nag you about it from time to time.
Even on days when you have done nothing wrong, she may still think it is your fault.
Do not let her catch you being imperfect, or you will never have peace and quiet.
【The boss is sensitive】
It is unclear what kind of hurt she has experienced in the past.
She is highly suspicious, tends to think negatively, and is paranoid.
An offhand joke from you, directed at someone with no sense of humor,
will lead her to repeatedly analyze your words in a negative way,
and then imagine what you might do.
Yet she never understands that empathy is not one of her strengths.
This behavior of distorting an employee’s original meaning is nothing short of emotional blackmail.
【The boss loves freedom and does not like being constrained】
Please do not plan anything for her; she does not like others taking the lead for her.
Please do not offer advice that cannot win her over; her thought process is unusual.
Please do not assign tasks to her. Even if she agrees, if she does not keep them in mind, it is as if you never said anything!
【The boss is a control freak】
There was once a heavyweight but adorable employee.
Because the boss disliked the employee’s way of working,
she began finding fault with small things again.
You were not allowed to listen to music at work because it would be distracting.
Because the storefront at the triangular-window shop was small,
she told the employee that if they did not lose weight within two months,
they would no longer be allowed to work at the store.
She even helped book exercise classes.
The employee obediently went exercising after work
and also had to talk about their exercise experiences at work.
Verbally, she said she was not forcing the employee:
“I’m doing this for your own good!”
She does not like employees getting involved in direct selling,
fearing it may affect other employees and the company’s operations.
She does not like employees taking on side jobs,
because she thinks it means you are not committed.
Using the most minute standards,
she requires employees to meet her expectations.
Not everyone grew up in the same environment or has the same personality.
Why can Employee A do it?
Why can’t Employee B do it?
She begins judging whether Employee B’s behavior is right or wrong,
sometimes criticizing them indirectly and implying things rather than saying them outright.
She does so in a cold, seemingly passive manner,
but in reality uses an active, high-pressure form of close monitoring,
quietly waiting for obedient people to follow the rules she has established.
Unexpectedly
The boss likes to nag and, after work hours, uses a bit of emotional blackmail to get employees to attend marketing-related courses with her. After work, you have to log out of LINE, otherwise the boss will snoop on it, which feels extremely inappropriate. After snooping, she even restricts what employees say on their private LINE accounts. She is a very controlling boss.