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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business

Jekyll and Hyde managers: why they’re worse than consistently horrible bosses

A male boss hard-talks to a female employee as they sit opposite each other at a desk.
Good cop, bad cop, worse outcome. Photograph: dragana991/Getty Images

Name: Jekyll and Hyde managers.

Age: Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, as you’ll know of course, was published in 1886. Since then, “Jekyll and Hyde” has been used to describe anyone who is sometimes a good egg and other times a very bad one. Including bosses.

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