My old boss called me out for being 'too independent' and it got me thinking

Ran into my old manager from the flooring company I used to work for, like 2 years after I quit to go solo. He asked how business was and I said good, I like being my own boss. Then he says 'yeah but you always had trouble taking direction, even back then.' At first I got defensive, but driving home I realized he wasn't totally wrong. Dropping out of college let me sidestep the whole 'listen to authority' thing, but maybe I leaned too hard into doing everything my own way. Has anyone else noticed a pattern like that after leaving school?

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jana1799d ago

Did your boss ever try to tell you how to stack a truck?

irishenderson9d ago

You said "how to stack a truck" and I gotta give a different take here. My old boss actually had some good points about load balancing, like keeping heavier stuff on bottom and not crushing lighter items. Sometimes it felt like micromanaging but honestly, a bad stack can slide around and break things in transit. Maybe it depends on the boss, but some of them just have experience you can learn from.