Two Bosses I Have Worked With

When I worked for a chemical institute as a researcher, I worked with two bosses, my director and executive director. Although they supervised me very well, I had difficult times. Even now, I appreciate my director very much, and yet I do not like my executive director. They had similarities and differences.

Both my director and executive director praised my hard work. When I succeeded in big projects, my director praised me very much; likewise, my executive director admired me and gave me the outstanding performance award in technical development. I will not forget the time when my executive director and I shook hands with a firm grip. Another similarity was both my director and executive director liked talking. We had often talked about our future dreams each other, so I had the time of my life.

On the other hand, my executive director scolded me severely when my development was delayed, and I received complaints from clients, which were Kodak, Sony, and Sharp. I was called by my executive director many times at two o’clock in the morning and scolded me very much; whereas, my director helped me at even two o’clock in the morning when I was troubled with my development. He had never harshly criticized me like my director executive. He told me that all development did not succeed even if he or she scolded researchers many times and it was important that all bosses had to share the feeling suffered from development to arrive at success. Because I admired this philosophy, I acquired the thoughts of my director. Moreover, although my director worked more than me, my executive director went to his office in the early afternoon and left his office in the evening almost every day. This was the one of the reasons why I was not able to respect my executive director.

To conclude, my two bosses had similarities and differences. Both my director and executive director praised me very highly and liked talking. In spite of delaying my development, my director had never scolded me, but he supervised me very well. On the contrary, my executive director brought me to account for my failures many times, but his work was negligent. I look up to my director even now, and yet I would not like to meet my executive director again.