How managers have been changed by the pandemic

 

Ever since the pandemic happened, a lot of managers quickly gained more responsibility and many who are new have been exposed to even more jobs than before. However, as negative as that may sound, business experts think this could be the perfect scenario for managers to change into more responsible and reliable people than what they were before. Here Yas Aloosy shares how this could be.

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One of the things seen from the managing department is how they confuse the words “manage” and “control”. For most managers, whether it be a new or experienced one, they think that there's only one correct way to do things and that is their way. From managers dictating how an employee should work or apprehending people that stray away from their methods, managers have been notorious to be controlling and very bossy instead of being caring and showing proper leadership. A manager’s job, according to Yas Aloosy, should be to make an environment in which employees can do their job best like giving them leave when needed, improving facilities, and dealing with troublesome customers properly instead of scolding those under them. 

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This current trend, however, is now changing. Being forced into working from home, managers can now better see the different situations that employees have been pushed into since they’ve also been backed into a corner. This allows the managers to keep in touch with their employees much more and give them the benefit they should be receiving in the first place. They now boost morale, ask for their employees’ situations, and show more care rather than being strict and bossy all the time. Yas Aloosy even predicts that in the future, this mindset could continue even when the pandemic is gone.