Comments on: Rate My Boss https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html Everything to make HR better Sun, 20 Jan 2019 19:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Mike https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-213357 Sun, 20 Jan 2019 19:00:52 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-213357 It is a source of one sided information. Flawed for sure, but it is information.
In some cases no different than what might go in someone’s HR file. If we are honest, the keeper of that file skews the data.
I get the frustration of not being able to control the feedback. I tend to think some of the protest against the feedback is driven by a guilty conscience.

]]> By: cristalexi https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-207446 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:17:42 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-207446 In reply to Evil HR Lady.

Bullying in the workplace by superiors is a huge problem all over the world today but there is nobody protecting the employees. Essentially a low rank employee is totally on their own at work with no support from anyone, especially none from their manager/supervisor. Employees are treated like criminals instead of the hard working upright citizens that they are. WITHOUT EMPLOYEES COMPANIES WOULD HAVE NOTHING, THE MANAGER/SUPERVISOR WOULD HAVE NO JOB/NO-ONE TO MANAGE/SUPERVISE. As is shown by your comment, HR are only there to protect the company and manager/supervisor and get them out of trouble from their bullying. Your bias is the reason you don’t like it. I think if done properly it could be a turning point in managers/supervisors treating the everyday worker with more respect and reducing bullying. Maybe they could do it like the 360 feedback that some professionals are required to do.

]]> By: Rae https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-204481 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 14:41:48 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-204481 In reply to Anonymous.

Thats what the application, references, and employment history are for. If the boss doesnt call to get information on a new employee, then thats their fault.

]]> By: Ryan https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-57379 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:35:36 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-57379 HR and the bosses are the same. HR is there to side with the boss. Try going to HR and you will be labeled as the troublemaker or the whiner. If you have a problem, do not go to HR. Solve your problem yourself. You are the only one looking out for yourself.

]]> By: billy https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-56743 Tue, 14 May 2013 03:46:31 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-56743 Whether enjoying a little league, high school, college or major league baseball
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]]> By: J. D. Fish https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-847 Thu, 14 May 2009 03:12:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-847 Rating systems will always show bias, no matter who they’re for. That’s just how it is. However, if you get enough samples, you begin to notice a trend pointing toward the truth. You said yourself every once in a while you get a Rotten Potato rating. Well 1 out of 20 isn’t too bad, and you can generally assume the class is alright if 19 people enjoyed it, but if you end up with 20 rotten potato ratings, I think we can all tell you’re not doing something right. Obviously, there’s an amount of bias in the rating, and maybe one person gave you a bad rating because you were failing them, but then how do you explain the other 19? You didn’t fail everyone, right? This is when you can start to tell there’s probably more than bias playing a part in those low ratings.

I think the rating systems are a great idea, especially for the work place. For years employers have been able to get a list of everyone I’ve worked for and see what they thought of me. Now I can finally get a list of their previous employees and see what they thought of my new boss.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-846 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:50:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-846 I think it’s a pretty good idea, and it seems only fair. It’s not like my potential employer isn’t going to perform a background check on me, so why shouldn’t I have access to information on their history as a manager? If only I had known some of the things I know now, it definitely could have saved me a year of my life serving the worst manager in history.

And of course if I had quit, to my next employer it looks like I can’t hold down a job. If I explain the reason I quit, it looks like I can’t cooperate with my coworkers. Is this an unbiased view of my work history?

And on the validity of these rating systems, I visited Rate My Professor frequently while I was in college and I found it to be fairly helpful. Obviously you have the occasional poor rating with the comment “tHis guy sux he gave me a D-!”, but everyone forgets these kinds of biased ratings are easy to spot and easier to ignore. However, if the professor has ten negative ratings that go into detail on their failings as a teacher, you can believe there’s probably a lot of truth behind them.

It all boils down to equality. If employers are going to screen my work history, I should definitely be able to screen their history as an employer.

]]> By: rojo7449 https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-845 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:25:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-845 There are tons of really bad bosses out there. Had I been able to look up my last one, I never would have taken that job.

She did MY job all day because she didn’t know how to do her own. She took credit for the good work done by her team, because she had to feel like she had done something. Any mistakes were quickly blamed on someone else. She terminated two older women without warning and without cause. Terminated isn’t exactly what happened, she forced them to resign so she could avoid litigation.

HR helped her. HR is not an advocate for the worker, so sites like eBossRater, RateMyBossCafe, JobVent, etc. are where the employees can go to feel they’ve given these bad bosses a performance review. I can’t think of a better idea, and, although I understand the concerns voiced in the article, I also know that HR will side with a bad manager and do things to employees that are flat out wrong, as well.

]]> By: June https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-844 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:05:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-844 How about rate my boss at RateMyBossCafe.com?

I find this fascinating since traditionally
the managed class have little chance or is
very hard to voice against the people in power.
The Web turns the table around to a more optimal
balance.

]]> By: Paul https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-843 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:08:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/07/rate-my-boss.html#comment-843 This seems to the most meaningful site dedicated to this purpose so far. I’m impressed with the thoughtfulness of the whole design and philosophy behind it.

http://www.ratemybosscafe.com/

But to be useful, it has to generate a large critical mass in a short period of time.

Have fun

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