How hard does your boss work?

[Bernadine]

Are they always busy, or do they push all their work onto everyone else?  Guess which situation I'm in?

[Deleted]

Pusher.

[Deleted]

He is always busy, but with what, I don't know. He volunteers to do things, so initiative isn't his problem, but he takes about 5x longer to do simple tasks than I ever would. Its annoying.

[tripleshot]

My boss is always in meetings and they're stupid rah rah non-value added meetings for the most part. I don't know how he gets anything done.

[Kit]

I have two who does most of their own stuff, one who is about half and half, and one who probably wouldn't wipe his own ass if he didn't have to.

[BaliHai]

Always busy with something, but almost always behind. Actually to the point where it seems as though, a year and a half after taking the position, there's still an adjustment period going on.

[sneetch]

Mine has good intentions but the worst time management skills ever. She often misses deadlines, which reflects poorly on our small department of three. But she's also not a pusher - oftentimes I find myself asking for more to do. It's odd. I swear she's a nice person though!

[luckyval]

Always busy, and just slightly to the side of "I'd rather do it myself".

When I came to this office it took some time to establish trust with him that he could relinquish some of that work back to me.

He's really the best boss I've ever worked for - constantly level headed, never gets overwhelmed or mad. And he's got 3 kids, so he is always understanding when I or another c/w need to call in or leave early due to kid issues

[BlackCanary]

He is always hella busy. He does like 5 different jobs. He's awesome, he lets me do my thing and the only time he really shows up is when I need more shipping supplies. 

[schitzengiggles]

My boss is also owner. He works hard. His businesses are his pride and joy, and he truly loves working. He has told me that he wants to work until the day he dies.

[janegold]

All the partners in my practice group work ridiculously hard. You really have to, to get to partner and stay there.

[Armadale]

I think it's equal between us but we're a department of two so if one of us has a lot going on then the other will pick up the new work coming in. I typically do the work on the front end of a project and she will finalize and present it. It works great for us.

[stephlove]

My boss-boss is always extremely busy. She's constantly here all evening, works through lunch, etc.

My other boss works efficiently, but takes so many days off, I get stuck doing half her work.

[penelope]

Our director is the most useless person ever. She will spend an entire day reorganizing the furniture in her office, dealing with her daughter's extra curriculars and whining about how busy she is. I truly think she's ADD, and can't stay on one task to save her soul. She is a total ass kisser and that's how she keeps her job.

My direct supervisor does the bare minimum, however we've had some reorganization this past year and positions cut, so he has had to step up to the plate a little more. It's been fun watching him be the sucker that stays late instead of it always being us peons.

[Deleted]

He works incredibly hard.

It isn't unusual for him to bill 10-12 hour days when he's on vacation.

[murdock]

Pushers.
I have several vice principals that I report to and all, but one do the bare minimum. They think talking sports is working.

[Yankees21]

My boss isn't full time and it seems like she is always interrupted by clients calling/emailing/needing something (it is her own business) so she can hardly get anything done.

[missmaddie]

She's always in meetings. There are several of them that supervise fairly large teams, and our program is pretty dynamic and constantly evolving, so they're constantly planning and improving process. I don't know how she gets anything done - but she does. She's smart and hides out working from home when there are paperwork deadlines like our expenses, or else I am sure she'd never get through them without 15 interruptions any time someone notices she's actually in her office.

[isabel]

I can't tell. Haven't been around long enough. I do know that I avoid him like the plague because I find him incredibly annoying and he spends about 98% of his day on his cell phone. I'm thinking, not really a pusher, but I don't think he works all that hard either. He seems to find stupid shit to spend his time on (like organizing the various cords for our electronics and creating a wine list, which is my job).

[cuddlyevil]

She is an extremely hard worker and her job keeps her very, very busy. My other two bosses are super busy as well, but their positions are not "sit behind a desk in your office" kind of positions.

[game blouses]

Well, last week she pushed her work onto me, and after I finished it, I got an email from her (with a higher-up CC'ed) reprimanding me about doing that work. So, she pushes.

[winnied]

My bosses are really great. They delegate when necessary but they work their asses off.

[wildfloweragain]

Principal works his tail off. Superintendent works her tail off. I work my tail off.

ETA:  I don't gbcn at work, I took a half personal day for a wedding today:)

[malibu]

I have about five different bosses. All of them are very hard working, work from home when not in the office types. I kind of feel bad for them. They're salaried, but I feel like the demands on them cause them to miss out on any fun in life.

[beautifulfields12]

I have no idea what my boss does... She is never in the office and only schedules extra, pain in the ass, no help meetings. We are in the public sector too. I have no idea how she gets away with it.

[starlily]

Busy, but with stuff that cannot be pushed onto other people. My direct supervisor is currently engaged in a death penalty trial. The chief of our division is subbing for him and is always tied up with high level admin meetings, major case reviews, and putting out fires as they come up.