I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.
I tend to be a lot more honest and transparent with employees than most bosses are. But I've had people tell me - even those who love working with me - that I'm terrifying, which is hard for me to imagine.
I've never wanted to be the boss.
The most challenging part of being a boss is that nobody will tell you if your work is suffering.
I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.
It's OK to stay at a job that you don't enjoy, because you're scared.
One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don't, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you.
My worst boss was a departmental chair who never learned to appreciate new developments in the field. He had contempt for students and younger researchers, and he saw the job of running the department as a nuisance.
Whether you're a mechanic or you build houses or you work in an office, you don't have to like your boss.
I never had a boss in my whole life. I've totally destroyed anybody's ability to tell me what to do.