Middle management | Good leaders are more important than good companies to workers

The impact of a good manager on an employee’s professional and personal life can’t be ignored. There are countless stories of both good and bad managers all over the internet, and this is for a reason.

Managers are often the closest or most meaningful relationship a worker will have, telling employees what to do, speaking to them every day, and being partly responsible for their professional development. When a worker has a good manager, this can influence their attitude, engagement, productivity levels, and almost every other positive aspect of their approach to work.

In a recent viral Twitter (X) post, a manager, also known as @siddhantmin on the social media site, shared text messages someone in his team sent him whilst drunk. Captioning the screenshot with ‘Drunk text(s) from (an) ex is okay, but have you received drunk texts like these?’, the image showing messages from an employee.

The drunk worker’s messages read: ‘Boss, I am drunk. But let me tell you this. Thank you for trusting me and thank you for pushing me harder. A good manager is more difficult to get than a good company. I am lucky. So, appreciate yourself.’