In the family run businesses in India, yes, bosses who are very close to the owners are more than eager to satisfy the owner/employer and tend to pressurise their juniors. Who rises to the top position of a boss is a matter of speculation. You never know why a perticular person occupies the position in spite of the fact that majority under him feels, he does not deserve it.
I think most of the bosses in India give their workers more pressure. they just sit above the big chair who may not know anything but get the work done by others. If the staff falls sick the boss will deduct salary or no salary hike or just bully the staff wanting this that...... by this date or .......
The boss is not concerned of what will happen to the staff because he can hire a new one & pay less salary. Will he pay for retinal hemorrhage because of the stress sitting in front of the computer and bullying the staff, This is what is happening in India I suppose. Indians just are aftraid that they cannot find another job so we do not want to leave the present job but suffer working the idot boss. This is happening in Government as well as Private sector.
We have two types of bosses in India. One Govt. bosses and the other private sector bosses. In all types of discussion relating bosses, generally private sectors bosses are covered. But Govt. sector bosses may be more harmful by keeping all works attached to himself. Most of the govt. sectors are non-performer at present days activities, as most govt. bosses keep all important works to himself and to his favourites who can offer extra benefit to boss than extra service to public. As such bosses have direct linkages to superior bosses and polticians, the good juniors usually suffers silently and ultimately honest workers are levelled as useless and non-performer. This problem should be addressed by PM or CM. But nobody, even emloyyee union dare to raise the issue in the fear of losing his govt. job for nothing. So no complain and no discussion for govt. bosses and so the sector is losing grip day by day. Ninenty- nine percent of govt bosses,including, army, administration and judiciary are selffish and now only self-fish govt. servants can attain high position irrespective of his ability and quality.Many flatteres are running the Govt.through backdoor and this should be stopped .