60% Of Japan Working Women Give Bosses Failing Marks In Job Survey

Some 60% of working women see their current manager as "failing" in their role, according to a survey about workers' bosses by a job-hunting site for women, Maki Nakajima reported for Mainichi Japan.

Photo Insert: Repressed, not impressed. Many working women in Japan feel their managers, who have a great influence over the shape of their subordinates' careers, are falling short in one way or another.

Among the other results, 80% of women reported that a member of management was behind them either considering or deciding to change jobs. The responses reveal that many working women feel their managers, who have a great influence over the shape of their subordinates' careers, are falling short in one way or another.

The survey took place online from Aug. 2 to 18 and was aimed at members of Career Design Center Co.'s "Onna no tenshoku type" website. Valid responses were received from 818 people. The pass-mark for a manager was set at 70 points, and respondents were asked what score they would give their current boss.

Scores between 50 and 69 points were the most common, submitted by 31.2% of respondents. Including scores lower than that bracket, 61.9% of women who took the survey gave their manager a failing grade of 69 points or below. The average awarded score was just 54.2 points.

The most frequently cited reason for dissatisfaction with a superior was "incompetence in training subordinates, low instruction capability," accounting for 37%.

"Vague work instructions and goal-setting" was picked in 33.1% of responses, while 30.4% said, "they don't protect us when things get tough." A woman in her 30s working in service and sales wrote, "When they're in a bad mood, they get angry regardless of our sales performance."

Others wrote, "They push their view on you without listening fully to what you have to say," and, "If they're in front of their boss then the things they say change."

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