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My Way or the Highway
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:26 pm
Had some training to complete for work today and watched a video on micromanaging and it made me curious.
Has anyone ever had a boss say “my way or the highway”? Who says this lol? What type of person would actually say this? lol.
If you have how in the frick did you react? I think I honestly might laugh.
Has anyone ever had a boss say “my way or the highway”? Who says this lol? What type of person would actually say this? lol.
If you have how in the frick did you react? I think I honestly might laugh.
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 9:27 pm
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Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:27 pm to jizzle6609
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“my way or the highway”? Who says this lol? What type of person would actually say this? lol.
I would. lol lol
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:29 pm to Tyga Woods
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I would. lol lol
To each their own.
I just find it very off putting. What if their way is fricking terrible?
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:30 pm to jizzle6609
quote:they are the boss
What if their way is fricking terrible?
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:31 pm to GreenRockTiger
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they are the boss
Yikes. There are levels of, you know, materiality etc. to consider. Also, process and procedure. Could be costing the institution a lot of money just doing the my way or the high way thing.
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:32 pm to jizzle6609
Get on board or get out of the way.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:32 pm to jizzle6609
I had a boss that told me around here people work to live. Where I come from, we live to work.
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:32 pm to jizzle6609
Yikes what?
If I’m saying ‘it’s my way or the highway’ then I don’t want your input
So it my way, I am the boss, or get out
If I’m saying ‘it’s my way or the highway’ then I don’t want your input
So it my way, I am the boss, or get out
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:32 pm to jizzle6609
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Has anyone ever had a boss say “my way or the highway”?
Yes. Working for Mr. Durst was quite the headache. Especially when he had "one of those days."
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:33 pm to jizzle6609
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I just find it very off putting.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:33 pm to rexorotten
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had a boss that told me around here people work to live. Where I come from, we live to work.
I had one that looked at time stamps in the financial software to see what time people booked entries.
When I saw him do this I was shocked.
Went through over 25-30 transactions. Non material. Non income statement affecting. Literally documented the times of each just to call out 2-3 people.
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:34 pm to jizzle6609
MY TRUTH OR THE TOLL BOOTH
MY MODE OR THE BACK ROAD
MY TRAIT OR THE INTERSTATE
MY MODE OR THE BACK ROAD
MY TRAIT OR THE INTERSTATE
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:34 pm to jizzle6609
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What if their way is fricking terrible?
When you say boss, are you talking about a manager? Or a business owner?
I’ve owned my businesses for almost 20 years. I take on 100% of the risk and never get to clock out. I’m fair to all of my employees, and I listen and am open to ideas, but it’s going to ultimately be done the way I want to do it. And I’ll be 100% to blame if it fails.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:34 pm to Tyga Woods
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When you say boss, are you talking about a manager? Or a business owner?
Not a business owner.
Someone managing in a company.
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:37 pm to jizzle6609
I had a hard arse boss like this. He was very old school. I loved him once I got used to him. I always knew exactly what was expected of me. He treated everyone fairly, but was demanding about the work. There was no politics and no preferential treatment. He was a good man. I still respect him a lot. Ironically I’ve never had problems with these kinds of bosses. My dad was very strict, lol.
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:40 pm to jizzle6609
My Dad told me that and then I ran away for three days until my older brother found me. He didn't use that phrase anymore.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:40 pm to Kafka
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MY TRUTH OR THE TOLL BOOTH
MY MODE OR THE BACK ROAD
MY TRAIT OR THE INTERSTATE
My Fashion or ze Autobahn
This post was edited on 5/8/25 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:43 pm to jizzle6609
It depends on the employee. Some can handle complete autonomy and are smarter than I am. Others require a much more hands on approach with very clear instructions and frequent oversight. But I have never told anyone the highway thing.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:44 pm to jizzle6609
My parents used to say this to us.
Posted on 5/8/25 at 9:46 pm to jizzle6609
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“my way or the highway”
I had a boss for about 3 years who I could get into some pretty heated "discussions" in management meetings. I mean heated. Sometimes he would get so pissed the only thing he could say was "you can do anything you want on your last day of work, the only question is if today is your last day".
I think he fired me 4 times, always called once we cooled down to see if I was coming in on Monday. 2 of the 4 times I got a raise.
It wasn't a "my way or the highway" thing as much as two highly driven people with good ideas who needed to learn to communicate way better than we did. I really learned a lot from him and he from me.
Friends to this day.
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