eBossWatch Knows if You've Been Bad or Good, So Be Good for Goodness Sake

You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout. I’m tellin’ you why: eBossWatch is comin’ to town.

Are you the boss who likes to dish it out, but can’t take it? Are you the kind of boss who just loves performance reviews so that you can “really give it” to your people? Could you be a case study in Robert Suttton’s bestseller? Then you better watch out, because eBossWatch is all along the watchtower.

Nobody Should Have to Work with a Jerk
“We developed eBossWatch because of a personal experience I had,” said Asher Adelman, creator of eBossWatch, in an interview last week. “I interviewed for a job with a CEO who seemed like a nice guy,” he said. “But when I started it was too late, and the CEO was a nightmare. He threw things and was abusive.”

eBossWatch’s motto is “Nobody should work for a jerk.” In these days of transparency, that goes double. “I know that employees don’t want to work for an abusive boss,” said Mr. Adelman. “That’s why we wanted to hold managers accountable.”

360 Degree Feedback: It’s Not Just for HR Anymore
Sure, 360 degree feedback is a start. But what happens with that information? Is it just stored in some HR vault and acted on weakly, or not at all? And how does 360 degree feedback work in a small group, or with a raging jerk? Do you think people are willing to write that down? eBossWatch makes it a much cleaner and more painless process:

Help alert others about a nightmare boss, or recommend a great boss. The survey takes only about a minute to complete, and you remain completely anonymous.

Open Information for Everyone
“It’s not just to get bad managers,” said Mr. Adelman. “Somebody who’s been an excellent manager — people will want to know about that, too.” Yep, be good for goodness sake. Then you can get a good rating on eBossWatch.

A 6-Question Set Keeps eBossWatch from Libelous Comments
“We limit our survey to a 6-question set,” said Mr. Adelman. “That keeps the site professional and clear-cut.” eBossWatch also uses IP tracking to keep a level playing field. “We want open information, and one person gets only one vote on a boss.”

The six questions in the survey use a set of radio buttons ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.” Brian Moore of the New York Post writes, “The process is caveman-easy.” Simple makes eBoss Watch work easily with these questions:

1. I feel like there is open and honest communication between my boss and me.
2. I feel like my boss cares about me as a person.
3. I feel like my boss cares about my career development.
4. I trust and respect my boss.
5. I like working for my boss.
6. I recommend this person as a good boss to work for.

The site allows users to search for “bosses” by name, company, or state. I think I might just go ahead and add a couple of names to the site. (One really good, and another not quite so.)

The HR lesson here is that there’s real transparency out there, folks. HR needs to get out in front of this stuff or risk waking up one day with their names on HRAintSoGreat.com.