This is not my personal experience. Not to say that makes your conclusion invalid, I just thought I'd give you a different data point. I like my job, but don't trust anyone. Times are tough in the oil industry, and I'm pretty sure most decisions are being made based on politics rather than what makes the most sense.
well, not necessarily a direct one to one relationship. Just in general. Doesn't mean it's everyone experience
My grad school advisor actually wrote a book on job satisfaction, and I took "Job Satisfaction" as a graduate level course back then. I haven't kept up with the research, but trust in management was definitely one factor consistently related to job satisfaction. That said, a person can still be satisfied and not trust management - if I recall, co-worker relationships had a stronger relationship to job sat, as did learning and growth opportunities, and a whole lot of other things.
Other random tidbit that no one ever believes: research shows that satisfied employees do not actually work harder/better/more.
I will say that I sort of trust the upper management insofar as we (meaning me and the others who do my job) kind of have them over a barrel. It is a tough job that takes years to be good at (they typically don't see any kind of reasonable ROI for the first 2 years and training is EXPENSIVE) and no one would do it if conditions weren't "just so". I certainly wouldn't. And they need us. If the good, experienced people started quitting they would be fucked and replacement would be incredibly difficult. So I feel confident that there are certain things that will simply never happen because half of the workforce would just up and leave.
But beyond those core things that they dare not touch, I do not particularly trust them.
Immediate boss: Yes. Our values align pretty well and boss is pretty practical.
Administrators: Nope. They're never in the trenches, so the decisions they make look good on paper but often don't make sense from a practical standpoint. There's a lot of back-pedaling that goes on. I don't know anybody who approves of their decisions. But I certainly wouldn't want their job.
elocrates - Well, this doesn't exactly score points for creative naming, but it's called Job Satisfaction: Application, Assessment, Causes, and Consequences.
I'm not sure if it's still in print, but here's a link.
Post by irishbride2 on Mar 2, 2015 21:23:48 GMT -5
Yes. Both my immediate boss and the top boss. The top boss, in particular, is someone I had a pre-existing relationship with before I worked there and I trust him completely.
There are admins I do not trust, but they are not my supervisors.
I trust that my boss always has my back. She's fiercely loyal to me. I know if I'm not there she'll always stand up for me and kick my ass later in private.
She can also be a raging bitch though, so there's that.
I trust that they say what they mean and mean what they say and act accordingly. Their track record is pretty good. That does not mean that I always agree with them.
Direct Boss - Absolutely. I have worked for him for a decade and he has been amazing. He fought for my job while I was out on maternity leave and our company sold. I came back from maternity leave to my job intact, my pay intact and a bonus to "stay on" while the new org. figured things out. The new org then "hired me" with a raise and bonus that he negotiated. He does not question time off and is so supportive of family time it is amazing.
His Boss? No way. If my boss every leaves, I will be out the door on his coat tails and would follow him to wherever he ended up.
My boss - I don't feel like my boss is willing to push back on his boss or other managers within our group when they are making a poor decision. My former boss would push back if he thought we were going down a path that was wrong for the organization, even if the direction came from far up. I don't think my boss is doing anything unethical, but I do wish he was more willing to challenge the status quo.