And We're Off!

It feels like my birthday today. I’m so excited, I could pop. Now I know what it must feel like when a small business owner or a restauranteur opens their doors to customers for the very first time. My partner’s and my new business has virtually opened its doors today!

I wanted to personally let you know.  I would sincerely appeciate you checking it out and telling your friends and blog posting about it.  We are launching on less than a shoestring here and ever little bit of mention will help.  

The site will explain it all. Give it a shot. Kick the tires. Rate a boss! (That is the point.) Let us know what you think via the “Contact Us” links.

Go to:
http://www.ebossrate.com

Thanks!
Doug Fine, Chief Rating Officer

Rate The Boss Tomorrow - We'll Be Open!

www.eBossRate.com will be open for business tomorrow, July 31, 2013. This is our "soft" launch so people can kick the tires a bit and begin to tell their friends. Our Grand Opening will be on Boss's Day this year, Wednesday, October 16, 2013. We'll let you know when we flip the switch tomorrow. Thanks so much for your support and good wishes.

A Rant About Bad Bosses

Well said, Pat, whoever you are. You may want to plug eBossRate.com for us.

Stress On The Job Can Be Deadly

In a 2013 Harris Interactive workplace study, 83 percent of Americans polled said they are stressed at work — up more than 10 percent from last year.

The study cites poor compensation, unreasonable workload, frustration with co-workers, not working in the career area of choice, poor work-life balance, lack of career opportunities and fear of being laid off or fired as top work stressors.

All of this stress is having an impact on more than just engagement levels. According to a 2012 University College study, occupational stress can increase the risk of heart attacks, early aging and a host of other medical issues.

eBossRate.com was designed as a means for workers to blow off a little steam when needed.  Bad bosses certainly contribute to stress on the job.  

Rate away and tell your boss what you think!  

Source:  Talent Management 7/18/13

Plan To Use eBossRate.com on Boss's Day This Year

This is a niece that's on our side for sure. What a great idea!

I've been thinking about ebossrate's debut. My office has a unanimously beloved owner of the company who is in many ways all of our boss. Since it will be boss' day I'm going to buy one of your packages and give everyone in the office a chance to say something cool about her, and then I'll pay for her to read it too. I bet once people in the office use it they'll have other things they want to write about former bosses. 

Our "official" and "hard" launch will be on Boss's Day of this year, Wednesday, October 13.  

Here Is A Rate at eBossRate.com Waiting To Happen

It was a typical hectic Friday afternoon at our law office.  My boss, meanwhile was hundreds of miles away at a luxury resort preparing for a meeting.  In the midst of my insane day, I got an urgent call from him.

"You have to phone the hotel right away.  It's important," my boss said.  "Ask them to send someone to the pool area immediately."

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"We haven't seen a waiter in 20 minutes and we need our drinks refreshed."

(From Long Beach California.)

from Readers Digest

Restaurant Owner Fires Employees By...

text message.

Another clueless boss.

eBossRate Questions

Jerk or not?  You be the rater and let them know.  Always safe and anonymously.  

Our site will eventually have hundreds and hundreds of questions that raters can respond to that will get to the crux of what behaviors identify a good or a bad boss.  We have searched high and low for these questions / statements and we think that our raters will enjoy responding to them.

 If a rater chooses to offer their boss the option of seeing their anonymous ratings then we think the questions and how the employee responded can offer some insight to the boss so they may continue doing the positive things and stop doing things that make them famous being a jerk of a boss.

We're going to provide some potential statements that may appear on our site:

My boss sees themselves as part of a team.               

My boss thinks their job is to whip a team into shape.   

My boss does not put off having talks with employees about performance or behavior problems.

My boss dumps on people instead of properly delegating work.

My boss puts themselves above the team.

My boss understands the importance of fairness to all team members. 

Raters will be asked to check a number between 5 and 1 that indicates agreement or not:

Our rating systems will be simple, intuitive, and provide a safe and anonymous way for an employee to rate their boss.  

Thanks very much to Wally Bock at his Three-Star Leadership Blog for the post Don't Be A Jerk.

Guess who Wally was talking about?  

     

Use eBossRate.com To Tell Your Boss Thanks

Top 10 Traits Of An Exceptional Boss

They lose us on this "Live for their jobs" bullshit.  What does "so to speak" mean?

eBossRate.com is also for people with great bosses.  It's a cool way to let them know you appreciate them.

Gallup released its annual “State of the American Workplace” study on engagement Tuesday, reporting that a whopping 70 percent of American workers are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” with their work. That leaves just 30 percent of the American workforce claiming to be genuinely excited when they wake up for work every morning.

If This Is So...

We saw this in a live webinar today. Don't you think an application like eBossRate could not be launched at a better time?

Rating Is Now A Two-Way Street

Year 1 - Boss Rates Employee

Year 2 - Boss Rates Employee

Year 3 - Boss Rates Employee

Year 4 - Employee Rates Boss

What?!!!   Wait just one minute.

Year 4 - Employee Rates Boss Again

Year 4 - Employee Rates Boss Again...

Rating is now a two-way street.  Maybe it should have been all the time.

60%

60 percent say their boss sometimes damages their self-esteem.

Chicago Sun-Times, May 2012

Sweet Resignation Letter

Found here.