sounds ESTP to me
- confident
- high energy
- directing
- impersonal
- disorganized, but pragmatic and gets things done
ExTP sounds like
edit: Yes, she sounds directive, so Se.
E*TP for sure, I don't know whether she is a S or a N though, perhaps more S.
i think we have a quorum.
ESFJ.
I'm thinking about this dude over here. We call him Lotso Huggin Bear from Toy Story 3. He's so nice and warm but is a train wreck with those he works with.
okay, one, that movie was DARK for a kid's movie. and lotso just made me want to cry. but that's hilarious. my mom's an ESFJ, though, i don't get the same kind of energy from her as i do from this woman, even when mom's stressed out and directive. unless she's like an ESFJ 8w7, and really low on the J side, which i suppose could be true but i would be sort of surprised for a J 8 to be low-J. because my boss basically of gets in her own way all the time. it would be totally counterproductive to 8's point. nah, i'm ditching 8.
Disorganized maybe - but not necessarily liking the mess. Just too busy too straighten it up - prioritizes time and activities like a J - would prefer that a lackey does the necessary grunt work of cleaning and straightening. I would rather like to know if this boss schedules her time, and if she tends to over-schedule. "Gets things done" is more of a J trait. I would believe the OP that this person is a J, and that only the S/N is in question.
i definitely see what you mean, but she actually likes the mess. or at least, she doesn't see it as a problem. i tried organizing something while she was there and she told me it was a waste of time and i should do something else. i explained to her that i was organizing because i couldn't find the materials i needed to do my job, and she just dug in the pile, handed me what i needed, and sent me away. she does schedule in terms of writing things down but she's not very effective at it... she constantly loses track of special requests and tends to miss details. this is why i hesitate with ESFJ or ESTJ - she's just not a detail-oriented person, at all. and if she's one of those two types, her Fe is spiky or her Te is counterproductive. it doesn't seem to add up.
The ENTJ does things with more flare [edit - also has an over-all mellower disposition than ESTJ], and has more external narcissism than the ESTJ. The latter does not care to do things with style, is less of a "peacock," and just likes to get things done.
haha this is true.
Manipulator. She knows how you feel about her, but doesn't care. Work comes before play. (Not a P.) She talks nice to you when SHE wants something. How easily we all fall for that superficial pretense of "liking" us as people and not as tools.
the interesting thing is that she's nice when she doesn't need something. like, she'll thank you when she's passing the job off on you because that's something off her back. she's very nice after work, and she's genuinely nice (not warm, really, but just nice) when she doesn't have something that she's worried about. it's just like, when she's got some task on hand, she cares about that task and couldn't really care less about you at the moment. the task takes priority. and then once the task is done or at least delegated she'll be nice again. i think she does genuinely care but she just gets distracted and concerned. she did feel very bad for someone when they had a tragedy happen in their family, so it's not like she's totally heartless.
she is pretty stereotypically bad boss. she reminds me of the boss in dilbert, except more energetic.
I would describe this management style as "head up ass," but that does not qualify it as a disorganized P. There is simply too little time and too much to do, and she doesn't have the brains to simplify things. I'm guessing she will literally make things more difficult, even for herself. This has the effect of making her appear to be a "hard, task-oriented worker," at least to herself. The self-image is what counts here. We may see it as "head up ass" whereas she sees it as extremely diligent and competent maintaining of control over self and environment.
it's sooo head up ass. she does make things more difficult. it drives me nuts. i think you're totally right. she thinks she's in control and she thinks that others are hindering it because we're trying to do things that she doesn't see the importance of. she's concerned about some aspect that doesn't really impact anything but she's decided it's a priority, while i'm taking 20 minutes longer than necessary to complete my task because i can't find a damn pencil. (i've started bringing my own pencils, seriously).
i don't mean to hate on her so much, really, i just think she's very poorly suited to her job. i think she's a 7 on the enneagram, SLU?I and i'm thinking ESTP now, and being a group supervisor really just doesn't work out with her personality. i'm not sure how she got the job or why she stays, but she always seems in a bad mood. i wish she would change jobs for everyone's sake. i know we would be happier and i think she would be a lot happier, too.