Lessons from the UK's best (and worst) bosses

We all know the old adage, ‘people leave managers, not jobs’ – but is it possible that people stay in a job because of their manager, too?

A survey of 100 professionals from CV-Library found that the majority (90.9%) believe it’s important to get along with your manager, and 80.9% get on well with their managers.

And in fact, some of the respondents chose to share stories of kind things their bosses have done for them:

From our magazine

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• Sam from London: I had an important meeting in Paris on the same weekend as my anniversary. Knowing I was upset, my boss paid for a hotel and plane ticket, so my wife could fly over and join me for the weekend.  

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