ネイティブの英文で英語表現を覚えよう！014 今まで良いマネージャーがいましたか？
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単語リスト
| キーワード | 発音記号 (IPA) | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| I can’t think of | /aɪ kænt θɪŋk ɒv/ | ～が思いつかない |
| made a positive impact on | /meɪd ə ˈpɒzətɪv ˈɪmpækt ɒn/ | ～に良い影響を与えた |
| downright evil managers | /ˌdaʊnˈraɪt ˈiːvəl ˈmænɪdʒərz/ | 全くひどい、本当に悪質なマネージャーたち |
| a high bar | /ə haɪ bɑːr/ | 高い基準、高い目標 |
| I don’t necessarily need to | /aɪ doʊnt ˌnesəˈserəli niːd tuː/ | 必ずしも～する必要はない |
| special treatment | /ˈspeʃəl ˈtriːtmənt/ | 特別扱い |
| hands off | /hændz ɔːf/ | 干渉しない、立ち入らない |
| her ‘gets her’ | /hər ˈɡets hər/ | 彼女の（性格や行動などが）彼女自身に報いる（良い意味でも悪い意味でも）、彼女にはそれ相応の報いがある |
| condescending | /kənˈdesendɪŋ/ | 見下したような、恩着せがましい |
| I was always blessed to | /aɪ wɒz ˈɔːlweɪz blest tuː/ | ～できていつも恵まれていた |
| untimely death | /ʌnˈtaɪmli deθ/ | 早すぎる死、不慮の死 |
| hands on | /hændz ɒn/ | 実践的な、直接的な |
| checked in | /tʃekt ɪn/ | （状況などを）確認した、連絡を取った |
| Deep down inside | /diːp daʊn ɪnˈsaɪd/ | 心の奥底では |
| throw other staff under the bus | /θroʊ ˈʌðər stæf ˈʌndər ðə bʌs/ | 他のスタッフを犠牲にする、他のスタッフに責任を押し付ける |
How many of you have had a good manager?
I have been working for 12+ years and I have just realised I can’t think of a single manager who has made a positive impact on me. I have had many bad and downright evil managers, some ok, but I don’t think I’ve had one that was good. I’ve seen good managers on other teams but mine have been shit.
I don’t have a high bar for management and I don’t necessarily need to like my manager personally to think they’re good. The only people who I know who liked their manager were the people who were getting special treatment.
Nowadays it seems like most managers I meet don’t even want to be managers.
回答者１
Honestly I’ve had good and bad. I’ve had the micromanager, I’ve had the totally hands off and unsupportive manager. I’ve also had 2 amazing managers in the last 10 year who trusted me, were supportive, let me work as I needed to as long as the work got done, didn’t mind flexible working etc. Also very good with praise and thanks – it’s the type of manager I try to be with my team
Current manager is just weird, like un-human in many ways, it’s not just me no one who knows her ‘gets her’ she can be one way or the other. Quite rude and condescending at times, just difficult!
回答者２
I was always blessed to have incredible managers. Several who have impacted me way beyond the job and one even became my mentor until their untimely death.
Right up until my current role, unfortunately.
My current manager is trying hard at the moment, not because they want to manage or have actually changed their ways. It’s just that it became a bit too obvious for their liking that they’re not doing a particularly good job.
They had a change of manager two years ago and that manager is a lot more hands on and checked in, so my manager can get away with less these days.
But I’m not going to forget who/how they were for the first couple of years, or the fact that they are only trying to change their ways now because they want to impress their own manager.
Deep down inside my manager is still that same person – a person who will lie, withhold information, sabotage, and throw other staff under the bus if it gets the finger pointing away from themselves.
We forgive, but we never forget.
出典元
https://www.reddit.com/r/UKJobs/comments/1k0j6qz/how_many_of_you_have_had_a_good_manager/
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