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Worst boss you've ever had?
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:07 am
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:07 am
I once had a boss who just flat out lied and constantly blamed others for his errors. It got to the point where I didn't even know how to correct him without it getting confrontational.
Sigh. Working for da man sucks...
Sigh. Working for da man sucks...
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Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:09 am to Jorts R Us
I had one who was a procrastinator. When I turned in expenses they would sit on her desk for 9 weeks! A lot of people have left and the program is about to go under because of her
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:10 am to Jorts R Us
Didn't realize you work at the White House
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:11 am to Jorts R Us
My last boss was completely in over her head. Unfortunately, it didn't matter what I thought as her boss thought she was doing a good job. So I could either go with the flow and stayed employed or be disruptive and go against the grain.
Fast forward a few months later. I finally had "that" conversation with my boss. I politely told her that I did not enjoy working for her, did not believe in her leadership skills and said that I promised myself when I left my old company that if I ever got extremely unhappy with my job situation, I would leave.
So I left. She was taken back by my comments. Felt refreshing on my end.
That was 9 months ago.
I found out this week she has since been demoted.
Fast forward a few months later. I finally had "that" conversation with my boss. I politely told her that I did not enjoy working for her, did not believe in her leadership skills and said that I promised myself when I left my old company that if I ever got extremely unhappy with my job situation, I would leave.
So I left. She was taken back by my comments. Felt refreshing on my end.
That was 9 months ago.
I found out this week she has since been demoted.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:11 am to TechDawg2007
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I had one who was a procrastinator
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:15 am to Jorts R Us
Had a misandrist for a boss once. In addition to that, she was the textbook definition of a terrible leader, constantly undermining teamwork and pitting coworkers against each other. What a miserable bitch she was...
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:16 am to Jorts R Us
Always the current one
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:19 am to Jorts R Us
The last boss of mine had a terrible Cocaine problem. He would come into work in cargo shorts and old t shirts, still drunk from the night before. The other employees and I used to make fun of him constantly. He found out somehow that we used to talk shite about him, and he made a point to make a cocaine joke in literally every meeting.
Most of us ended up quitting. In my exit interview, I told him I thought he was a huge piece of shite and would never consider asking for a recommendation from him. I found out from our old HR rep that he was fired last month.
Most of us ended up quitting. In my exit interview, I told him I thought he was a huge piece of shite and would never consider asking for a recommendation from him. I found out from our old HR rep that he was fired last month.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:23 am to Jorts R Us
I've been fairly lucky, but my wife hasn't. She worked for two years for a higher ed institution with chronic leadership problems.
Probably the worst was when a high-level administrator left to take another job. As tends to happen in higher ed, instead of the school taking the time and effort to search for the most competent person to replace him, they just promote one of the people who worked under him.
That starts a whole domino effect of promotions to replace the position of the person who was promoted. There were 4 internal promotions that happened like this all the way down the chain. Not a single outside hire.
So anyway, one of the people who was given a promotion to replace high-level position was my wife's supervisor (who had told my wife on several prior occasions that she hates managing people!)
You can imagine what happened next...a high-level manager who admittedly hates managing
Things went to shite real quick. Staff running amok. No one being held accountable. Tempers flaring and people getting in arguments in the office.
My wife high-tailed it out of there. She stays in touch with some of her former colleagues who say that it's gotten even worse.
Probably the worst was when a high-level administrator left to take another job. As tends to happen in higher ed, instead of the school taking the time and effort to search for the most competent person to replace him, they just promote one of the people who worked under him.
That starts a whole domino effect of promotions to replace the position of the person who was promoted. There were 4 internal promotions that happened like this all the way down the chain. Not a single outside hire.
So anyway, one of the people who was given a promotion to replace high-level position was my wife's supervisor (who had told my wife on several prior occasions that she hates managing people!)
You can imagine what happened next...a high-level manager who admittedly hates managing
Things went to shite real quick. Staff running amok. No one being held accountable. Tempers flaring and people getting in arguments in the office.
My wife high-tailed it out of there. She stays in touch with some of her former colleagues who say that it's gotten even worse.
This post was edited on 1/27/17 at 11:25 am
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:25 am to TDcline
What kind of trashy loser company do you work for/job do you have?
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:28 am to Jorts R Us
I used to work for this guy in BR before he moved to Austin.
"I expect my computers to be used for work only. I expect my phones to be used for work only. Should you receive a personal call, keep it short. Should you receive a personal e-mail, I expect the e-mail either not answered, or a brief note telling whoever is sending you e-mails at work to stop immediately. Should I go through machines, which I assure you, I will be doing, and I find anything to the contrary, you will be terminated immediately. For those who think I am kidding, and do not get with this program, I will promise you that by Christmas eve 8:00 you will be gone."
It's been 25 years & I still cringe when I hear his name.
"I expect my computers to be used for work only. I expect my phones to be used for work only. Should you receive a personal call, keep it short. Should you receive a personal e-mail, I expect the e-mail either not answered, or a brief note telling whoever is sending you e-mails at work to stop immediately. Should I go through machines, which I assure you, I will be doing, and I find anything to the contrary, you will be terminated immediately. For those who think I am kidding, and do not get with this program, I will promise you that by Christmas eve 8:00 you will be gone."
It's been 25 years & I still cringe when I hear his name.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:32 am to Jorts R Us
I once had a boss whose idol was Adolf Hitler.
Nuff said.
Nuff said.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:32 am to Jorts R Us
Last boss..
He was mad that I made more than him. We merged offices and his office was in a city with lower engineering rates and he didn't like that at all.
..and he was a short fricker with a Napoleon complex.
He was mad that I made more than him. We merged offices and his office was in a city with lower engineering rates and he didn't like that at all.
..and he was a short fricker with a Napoleon complex.
This post was edited on 1/27/17 at 11:33 am
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:32 am to FulshearTiger
Freight Brokerage.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:34 am to runforrestrun
Holy shite. I read his linked in. Haha. What a douche. Subtle brag about knowing a playboy playmate too.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:36 am to Jorts R Us
Worst supervisors I've ever had were all female, and all of different race
This post was edited on 1/27/17 at 11:36 am
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:37 am to Tactical Insertion
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Didn't realize you work at the White House
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:41 am to Jorts R Us
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Subtle brag about knowing a playboy playmate too.
Oh he could brag alright.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:41 am to Jorts R Us
In my adult life out of college I've had nothing but great bosses. Generous, relatable, the kind of people you would probably hang out with outside of work.
Although in college I had this one guy who was a huge douche. He would vape all day, and that stuff stunk so bad. He took pride in how uneducated he was and still managed to be the boss, even though his job was dead end and menial. He stuffed his face with fast food all day.
I actually found out later that he was investigated for doing something with money under the books and was fired when another company bought them out.
Although in college I had this one guy who was a huge douche. He would vape all day, and that stuff stunk so bad. He took pride in how uneducated he was and still managed to be the boss, even though his job was dead end and menial. He stuffed his face with fast food all day.
I actually found out later that he was investigated for doing something with money under the books and was fired when another company bought them out.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 11:42 am to Jorts R Us
New boss (from Canada) came in to oversee our entire IT department, 3rd week on the job he told our floor admin to order some tube steak next time we cater in. He did it over IM which of course she took straight to HR.
He got fired that same day.
He got fired that same day.
This post was edited on 1/27/17 at 11:46 am
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