How to Become the Type of Manager You Would Want to Work For

I started at the very bottom rung of Amazon. I was known as a Seasonal Tier 1 (aka a “White Badge”). When I started, I didn’t even officially work for Amazon — I was only hired for Peak 2017 through a temp agency. I had to apply to become a Tier 1 at Amazon (a “Blue Badge”). Over the years, I ladder-climbed, making my way up through the ranks. Sometimes I got lucky…sometimes I got really unlucky. I have worked for great bosses and terrible bosses. I have worked for some of the best people I’ve ever known and also a few of the most unethical individuals I’ve ever met. While I learned a thing or two from my great bosses, they are not the ones who have been the biggest influence on my managerial style. Oddly, the people who have made the biggest impact are the ones I dreaded seeing every day. The correlation is interesting: <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*NVCArMwbDctihdq-0yoXMQ.jpeg" style="height:525px; width:700px" /> Image by author The OK and just a little shitty bosses had some impact on the type of manager I became, but not very much. My great bosses, more impact, but there was a ceiling. However, those unethical, manipulative, lying, garbage bosses? Those are the ones who made me a good manager. It’s the same as with my own failures. I learn from my successes, but I learn so much more from my failures. The successful managers I have worked for over the years taught me a lot — a couple are even my closest friends. <a href="https://betterhumans.pub/how-to-become-the-type-of-manager-you-would-want-to-work-for-a67b0eb0689">Website</a>