世論 What Japan Thinks

Tonight’s little bit of fun is from goo Ranking, looking at what kinds of behaviour are usually associated with annoying senior staff in Japanese companies.

Demographics

Over the 21st and 22nd of October 2010 1,075 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 66.3% of the sample were female, 9.9% in their teens, 18.1% in their twenties, 30.9% in their thirties, 24.7% in their forties, 8.8% in their fifties, and 7.5% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

If he’s reading my blog, my direct boss does none of these. If he’s not, he does at least 1, 5, 9 and 11.

Ranking result

Q: What kinds of behaviour do you associate with annoying senior staff? (Sample size=1,075)

Rank		Score
1	Always talking with an eye on the boss	100
2	Treating his own mistakes lightly	91.6
3	Being moody	90.4
4	Taking the credit for his juniors’ achievements	86.1
5	Scolding someone in front of many people	81.7
6	Being strict on his juniors’ mistakes	77.4
7	Forcing juniors to do overtime then leaving before them	71.5
8	Loves repeating tales of triumph	64.4
9	Even after discussing things he gives incorrect feedback	59.4
10	Gives advice after things go wrong	55.7
11	Gives advice on private matters	46.4
12=	Spends all his time surfing the internet	45.8
12=	Warns people about being late with stuff, but when it comes to the crunch he himself is later	45.8
14	Is always asking “What did I say?”	39.9
15	Cannot do reporting, contacting and consultation	38.7
16	Asks juniors out drinking every day	38.1
17	Tells bad jokes every day	37.5
18	All touchy-feely	36.5
19	Always repeating phrases straight out of management books	35.0
20	Always chatting	32.2