82% bosses in UK are 'accidental managers'. They are all title and no training, finds study

According to the study, employees who described their manager as ineffective feel more dissatisfied in their jobs than those who described their managers as effective. (Representational image)

A study that surveyed 4,500 workers and managers in the UK has found that nearly all of those promoted into managerial positions are barely trained to do their jobs. The Chartered Management Institute found that although one in four people in the workforce have management responsibilities, 82 percent of them did not have the training required to do their jobs. A quarter of these managers are in senior leadership roles.

Although this isn’t a new problem, there has been a spike in such staff being promoted without adequate training since the pandemic and it is negatively impacting workers’ daily lives. Declining quality of management is leading workers to dislike and subsequently quit their jobs, the study noted.

According to it, employees who described their manager as ineffective feel more dissatisfied in their jobs than those who described their managers as effective. The study also noted that half of the workers who rated their manager as ineffective have been planning to resign soon. Moreover, one in three of the 2,018 workers surveyed have already left a job because of bad management.

In comparison, less than a quarter of employees who rated their managers as effective plan to quit, the  Chartered Management Institute found.

On the other hand, the institute's research also discovered that a fifth of managers aren’t confident in their own leadership abilities and many struggle trying to deal with sensitive issues facing their team members at work and in their home lives. This is also a reason why a third of managers are looking to leave their jobs in 2025.

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