If everyone in the industry who has a “less than ideal” manager has to educate them on how to manage, then most of the nation would need a B.S. in business management. Furthermore this would qualify such employees to be managers themselves, and would thus render their bosses useless. After all, if the employee can do their own job as well as the job of their boss, then what’s the purpose of that boss?

The problem is that the entire concept of management is flawed in our nation. Most of the time the manager is not trained to understand what their employees do, thus they can’t possibly provide adequate guidance, planning, and help to such employees. All managers should be able to do everything that their employees are paid to do; likely the only reason they hire the employees is because they don’t have the time to do it all themselves. If managers had such knowledge, the problem of the “micro-managing idiot” would not exist.

Now I know I’m taking this off on a tangent a bit and this article is trying to get people AWAY from the “my boss is just a moron” mindset. So instead of just enforcing the idea that the boss is the one that needs to change, I will also try to add some guidance for people in this situation.

If you are stuck with such a boss, then trying to help them out as much as possible. Despite not being your job, this action may be in your best interest. If you make them look good and they move up, then they’ll likely take you up with them. They will know that they cannot perform without you at their side, so they will bring you up as they go up. While this may not reduce their annoyances, it may alleviate part of the problem.