Regardless of the business type, managers tend to fall into mostly one of three distinct categories; the one thing they all have in common is they're smart enough / physically capable of doing the job. But that's it. As you read this, you'll find yourself seeing faces and names with each type:
A. 'I'm just here for the paper'. These are typically the best an easiest to get along with, because they're essentially like the common working person. They're just trying to get by. They have no real career ambitions, they just want the extra money / career perks the job brings. Their management style is casual and you rarely, if ever, have trouble with them. I worked with a guy named Derek Maschoff who fits this category, great dude.
B. 'This is my fast track to success'. These are typically the same as A. ---their personalities are ok, but because they're ladder climbers, they're more prone to write up / fire people to make themselves look tough to their superiors.---BTW, let no one fool you: Walmart management, especially, are financially compensated for their 'body count'. I know this for a fact. ... Over all they're cool, but they're definitely on a self-absorbed agenda. There are several I worked with who this fits; one name is Drew Heidemann. A hormone-driven pervert ridiculously close to a 'Me-too' misconduct charge at any given time, but otherwise an ok guy.
C. 'Life has beat my a-- down and now I'm gonna beat YOURS down too'. These .... 'people' are sadistic bullies, some being out-right psychopaths, for who it's really not about the extra money OR the career climbing opportunities. It's about the power. They genuinely derive pleasure from keeping people scared, intimidated, and psychologically off balance, living in a constant state of anxiety and depression. The worst part is they're the last to go. On the one hand, upper management likes them on board as their personal attack dogs (make no mistake about that either---if you run into trouble with one of these types, it will do you no good reporting them to their superiors, at least on the store level: tho those folks will claim no knowledge of that manager's behavior, but will 'swear to look into and address thisi!', they not only DO know...but greatly approve), but on the other hand, because no one respects or likes a rat, these abusive punks are never allowed to advance. The biggest move you'll see them get is put on nights. ............ I had the misfortune to know a woman named Crystal Kay who this absolutely mirrors every facet of her warped personality. She truly is not happy unless she's been a part of creating abject misery and degragation for you and, as above stated, she will very likely still be stuck in her assistant role in that same store (#2728 in southeast Decatur, Il) until the end of time... or her pointless life.
So that's it. reflect on this a little, and, as I said above, you'll know peeps from each category. Unlike O.J.s glove, this theorum fits perfectly.