Bosses' reputations put 20% off accepting job

A fifth of people would turn down a job offer if their new manager had a bad reputation, according to new research released today from HR Services group Penna.

The poll of 2,000 employees also found that those who find themselves being poorly managed are more likely to take radical action and leave a job rather than tackle the issue with their HR department, and that one in seven (16%) have had to take sick leave due to a bad manager.

A quarter of respondents admitted that bad bosses had caused them to lose sleep and 21% said they had been upset/cried in the workplace.