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>> But I don't think she is one of those. People are generally fairly consistent in
>> their view of such people. In this case the view seems to change depending on
>> the type of person commenting.
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There are people in management who are quite adroit at managing their upwards relationships, and the majority of peer-to-peer ones as all "sweetness and light" but are ferocious bullies of those (directly or indirectly) below them.
I've seen it a few times; sadly in my experience it has mostly been women (and I know that sounds sexist, but it is my experience - I've worked with and for a good few excellent women managers) and, given the dichotomy of views resulting, creates an enormous amount of workplace stress at the lower level.
The atmosphere generated by one such occasion was a key factor in deciding I'd had enough of the world of work (the opportunity to exit lucratively once I'd decided that was another ;-) ) Coincidentally I was working at the time with a newly-recruited woman senior manager, who was the antithesis of the above, and we got on like a house on fire.
A few months after I had left, and was at home, I got an email from the company's corporate lawyers I'd worked with for a good few years, delightedly informing me she'd been "bin-bagged" over lunch. Apparently, she'd started giving somebody major grief in HQ - but it just happened to be the HR Director! "Do you know who I am?" - followed by immediate removal from the premises with desk contents in a bin-bag.
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