Bad bosses can seem like permanent fixtures of the work world — every company likely has at least one. However, in order for employers to address a problem, they first have to identify it.
According to employee data resource Perceptyx, 24% of employees were working for their “worst boss” in 2023, with workers describing their leaders as “incompetent,” “unsupportive,” “disrespectful” and “unfair.” And while it may be easy to write workers off as whiny, bad bosses do have an impact on business: People working for their worst manager ever were three times more likely to be disengaged and nearly four times more likely to say they planned to quit in the next year.
