To ask if you actually like or respect your manager?

Absolutely this. My company is full of managers who were promoted because they were good at the hands on bit of our work but have absolutely zero experience in managing people.
My manager did fall into this category but she has put herself through various training in people management which has made a huge difference.
The others don’t seem at all interested in anything like that but thankfully I don’t work for them.

I like and respect my Manager, but I think she is a bit of an acquired taste. She knows what she wants, she has high standards and doesn't accept any bullshit. Work hard, follow policy and do a good job and she's great. But get on the wrong side of her and you'll know about it. That said, she is always professional and really knows her shit.

My previous manager was also excellent. I had an interim manager who was awful, micromanages and no people skills. He has a heck of a lot of knowledge, but he has a way of talking down to people.

I hope my team think of me as a good manager. I try to not micromanage and I'm happy to help and I've done their job so know what it's like. But I also have to answer to our directors and so I need to make sure the team are doing things right, which can mean picking out minor errors in their work which effects our figures.

No. For multiple reasons.

New one (I'm still on probation) seems very hands off, almost too hands off. She's not great at communication - I often feel like I don't know what's going on, who is meant to be in (I mean, it's nice to know that someone has phoned in sick and won't be here - I can check planned leave.) But she can be very supportive with ideas and training and volunteering for stuff.

As I say, it's a new job. Left the previous one after 5 months, because although he was mostly okay as a person, he turned out to be a micromanager. I think a lot of it was down to inexperience, and I think if he gets more support, he could turn out okay. Just not with me.

Previous one to that I did like and respect. His predecessor- we got on okay, but I struggled to really respect him at times. His manager was a complete bullying arsehole, who didn't like me standing up to him, and my manager got it in the neck as a result, caught in the middle between us. He shouldn't have been allowed anywhere near managing people. He was eventually made redundant and despite having worked with some people for over 20 years, he pretty much vanished off the face of the earth.

It's much easier when you like and respect your manager.

I really like mine and I respect her too

Yes to both. My job is both technically challenging and safety critical. It is the diametric opposite of a bullshit fake-it-till-you-make-it sales or marketing role. My manager did the job herself for many years which gives her both expertise & credibility. She is always available for advice, but doesn’t try to micromanage. And she’s a very nice person.

Yes and no. Professionally competent. Takes on further management on our behalf (loves argy bargy). But can be a complete arse on a personal level. Champion gas lighter when caught out on his many inconsistanties.

But putting up with pains in the arse goes along with the concept of working, in my head. They pay me to do stuff that I otherwise wouldn't choose to do with my time. I agree to do the job that is most agreeable to me (I even enjoy it most of the time, when time spent with my manager, when he is in dick-head mode, is minimal).

I absolutely love mine!

She's a strong hardworking woman and a great leader, but she has a lot of empathy and always goes the extra mile to help staff with lots of things.

Not currently but I have in the past and I miss that greatly. It makes such a difference.

I LOVE my manager

I left my last employer largely because my LM was inexperienced, insecure, a micromanager, disinterested in her team's progress, was threatened by other people's ideas and capabilities. I was late-40s, experienced, good at my job. She wore me out.
Current LM is brilliant - she's smart, capable, experienced, hands off but supportive when needed, supports autonomy and embraces new ideas and ways of working. We're both in our 50s, she's a joy.

Yes I do. She's been exceptionally kind to me during my year of immobility waiting for surgery and arranged for me to work from home and has completely supported me throughout. She rings me every week to check Im OK. I was terrified I'd get the sack but it hasn't happened.
I have no complaints at all.

I changed jobs recently.
my last job I liked (sometimes) but did not professionally respect my manager because she had blagged her way into a job that she was unable to do properly making life hard for everybody.
My current manager I both like and respect. She has a wealth of knowledge and is very kind with it.

Any managers sat here wondering if any of these comments are about you?! 🤣

Yes my LM is super supportive and always has my back.

No neither. I haven’t got a clue how she got her job to be honest.

My manager is an amazing supportive man- he's actually two years younger than me but it got less weird over time. The manager I had before this one was awful so you can imagine the loyalty I feel to the current job!

I both liked and respected my previous manager, I neither like or respect my present one.

I really liked my last one, and the one before her. Both of them very hands-off, let me get on with it, commended me on work well done.

Zero complaints from me about either of them.

like but don’t respect. Isn’t great at her job but also has no time management skills and drops so many plates it is starting to crush our team.

I did, vaguely...he's the business owner and a very intelligent and easy going guy who gave me stacks of autonomy and had faith in my integrity, my work ethic and my competence.

A month ago he had an epic meltdown about company costs and started laying off key staff. When he asked me to consider a paycut I said I couldn't afford to...and since then he's been making little remarks about how he could do X, Y and Z by himself (i.e it's "easy" and doesn't need me as a specialist), and comments to others that he "doesn't know what I do all day".

So right now I am seething with fury and resentment and I will never feel the same about him again.

Yeah, she's lovely and very competent.

I do like my manager - he is very kind and understanding.

BUT he is a lifelong civil servant on the wind down to retirement, so he is very resistant to change and everything takes a very long time. I’m not getting enough work to do as a result, which is frustrating.

Nice person, compassionate and supportive but not a strong leader & a bit wet.

Yes, he's very down to earth, relatable and easy to talk to. He's also fair and does his best to make sure our team are always ok.