Worst boss you ever had?

[KingOfBBN]

I haven't had many but I had one that was truly awful in every way and was about as unprofessional and catty as one can be.

She may have been bipolar. One minute she'd be in her back office cackling at YouTube videos and gossiping withe her clique of female workers and the next minute she'd be a lunatic feeling the need to yell and "prove herself." Always outside smoking, always making it look like she was doing work when she wasn't doing anything, promoted her friends, going nuts and blaming her mistakes on other people and demanding someone else fix it instead of her staying behind to do it.

I would've loved a Michael Scott if they were going to be incompetent.

 

[Pope John Wall II]

Women in the workplace has been a mistake since time immemorial.

 

[PhattyJ4UK_rivals309166]

The one that caused us to get raided by about 50 FBI agents and held in a 10x10 room for 3 hours was bad, but probably not the worst. Made a lot of dough with him as boss but he was a gigantic arse hole.

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

The one that caused us to get raided by about 50 FBI agents and held in a 10x10 room for 3 hours was bad, but probably not the worst. Made a lot of dough with him as boss but he was a gigantic arse hole.

:flushed:.....what's the backstory?

 

[coachmkc]

LOL. Regional Manager for a Technical College. Absolute worst. Micromanaged to death. Felt he knew everything, and was the only one that had all the answers. Wanted to come and "work" with his reps. This meant going to the bar and watch him drink and try to pick up women. Fine, but I am happily married and did not want to spend 15 hours a day with this guy. Once called me 17 times in a 2 hour period, my time that was blocked off for personal since I worked form home. This guy was a complete A&%hat.

 

[PhattyJ4UK_rivals309166]

:flushed:.....what's the backstory?

bank fraud, wire fraud.

caught him trying to flee the country at the airport. came to us the next day.

one thing I learned is that the FBI is willing to break the law in order to catch people breaking the law. they basically kidnapped all the employees and locked us in a room. said we were NOT to leave. when our company attorney arrived they told him that we all stayed on our own free will.

 

[TortElvisII]

Any micro manager. Current boss is 500 miles away and does not micro manage. Me working for a micro manager will not end well. Tell me what you need and get the hell out of my way.

Former micro manager and me talking "You need to do this, this, and this, and here is how.". We already did all of that and used this method. Well that is not correct because I would not do it that way. Under my breath, yeah because you were a climber that spent 1 year doing what I have for twenty.

 

[ukwildcat2004]

A sales manager that basically gave me grief cause I wanted to take a day off to see my grandfather who had only a couple days to live.

 

[Ron Mehico]

Ain't no one the boss of me!

 

[KingOfBBN]

Women in the workplace has been a mistake since time immemorial.

In terms of leadership positions, women are the worst. They're truly not suited for those roles. I don't care if it sounds sexist. Overall, it's true. Women think acting like a ***** makes her a leader. In leadership roles, they're often overwhelmingly impulsive, emotional, petty and feel the need to overcompensate.

I read this from Return of Kings a few years ago

"Working for a female boss, or in an environment composed of mostly women, is a descent into an endless abyss of back-biting, passive-aggressiveness, lies, envy, intrigue, subterfuge, manipulation, and drama.

This should come as no surprise. Male leadership—though this is decreasingly the case—is characterized by traits that come naturally to men; things like leading by example, commanding respect through body language and presence, and reason. Female bosses, meanwhile, tend to break into two different camps: those who try to pantomime male leadership and those who fall back on female-style social dynamics in their leadership. Each results in its own brand of **** show.


Female Social Dynamics Leadership

Female-style social dynamics are basically the same tableaux you saw in the hallways of your middle- and high-school, but grafted onto the corporate environment and acted out by adults. Women (and effeminate men) will break into cliques, gossip about everyone, and try to undermine one another, all with a smile on their face and a stream of disingenuous compliments flowing from their mouths.

Male Kabuki Leadership

As if that weren’t bad enough, female-socialization leadership isn’t as bad as it gets. Worst still is the pant-suit-wearing, “Lean In,” you-go-girl, make-believe-I’m-a-man-style leadership that’s being encouraged by today’s popular media. These women, failing to understand the true nature of male leadership, attempt to replicate masculine poise, but end up with little more than aggressive power-tripping. They become plain-and-simple bullies who, rather than commanding respect, command nothing but hate and fear. Both male and female employees, in turn, work to keep their jobs rather to improve the company bottom-line or help their co-workers. Innovation turns into self-preservation.

For every woman who understands that you can be an effective leader while remaining feminine, without resorting to pretending to be a man, and while leaving the hen-house politics on Facebook, there are 99 who fall into one of these two categories.

 

[TCurtis75_rivals88839]

LOL. Regional Manager for a Technical College. Absolute worst. Micromanaged to death. Felt he knew everything, and was the only one that had all the answers. Wanted to come and "work" with his reps. This meant going to the bar and watch him drink and try to pick up women. Fine, but I am happily married and did not want to spend 15 hours a day with this guy. Once called me 17 times in a 2 hour period, my time that was blocked off for personal since I worked form home. This guy was a complete A&%hat.

HMMMMM!!!!! Who could that be? My manager wasn't much better and their boss wasn't either.

 

[krazykats]

My current manager. It's no fault of his own honestly as he just climbed a ladder to get where he is as a store manager. But the person I used to work for was 18 years in the field and knew a lot. He pushed me into sales knowing I didn't have a grasp necessary but he did and could answer anything and help where I needed.

It worked and we picked up over 2M in sales all from new customers and then he took a promotion.

In walks a 27 yr old with 3 years of company experience. He has blown 2 of my customers, is working on a 3rd and while I'm landing more new business the more he is apart of it the more I'm fielding questions such as "I'll never have to deal with him right".

It's tough and he is a rookie blindly doing what his boss wants which is by the book operations. Our book was written in the 70's and 80's so it barely even applies today.

I end up in some form of argument everyday over pricing, customer service, how I manage my time etc etc.

 

[mashburned]

He has blown 2 of my customers

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Always respect servicemen, but working for someone in the military is a real nightmare. They treat the company like it's wartime and every move you make could cost the lives of a nation. Nothing you ever do is as important or game-changing as the tasks they did while on duty.. and that sentiment gets old fast.

Office life isn't the military, and your workers don't have to, and don't WANT to, "be all they can be".. It's 5:30pm, stop being shocked and disappointed that staff left for the day, well within their means.

 

[krazykats]

By blown I mean cost me......and they were the 2 easiest clients I had.

Both are coming back around as the competition is awful really, but it cost me about 4 projects in the last 3 months.

 

[Rupp'sRunt]

By blown I mean cost me......and they were the 2 easiest clients I had.

Both are coming back around as the competition is awful really, but it cost me about 4 projects in the last 3 months.

All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

 

[78Gooses]

Don't get me started........

Actually, this one has been ok. After fifteen years, you'd think I'd get that third week of vacation though.

 

[Ahnan E. Muss]

I once had a department head who went to Duke. He was terrible in every way. I mean, he went to Duke, so that's self-evident, but still...

The guy went to Duke.

 

[Supercat67]

I haven't had many but I had one that was truly awful in every way and was about as unprofessional and catty as one can be.

She may have been bipolar. One minute she'd be in her back office cackling at YouTube videos and gossiping withe her clique of female workers and the next minute she'd be a lunatic feeling the need to yell and "prove herself." Always outside smoking, always making it look like she was doing work when she wasn't doing anything, promoted her friends, going nuts and blaming her mistakes on other people and demanding someone else fix it instead of her staying behind to do it.

I would've loved a Michael Scott if they were going to be incompetent.

http://imghumour.com/assets/Uploads/Not-all-bosses-are-********.jpg
Pretty much sums it up !

 

[bradyjames]

A sales manager that basically gave me grief cause I wanted to take a day off to see my grandfather who had only a couple days to live.

People like this absolutey disgust me.

 

[bthaunert]

When I worked at Penn back in the early to mid 2000's, towards the end of my time there, we got a new Director of our department who was a miserable sob. She also seemed like she was on drugs all the time...almost the slurry, lethargic, bi-polar thing going on. I started looking immediately and moved on to the University of Oregon. A couple days before I left, I met with my former boss (I had a good relationship with him) who was promoted to an Assistant Athletic Director. Told him he had a bad person working for him, that she was most likely on drugs and things were only going to get worse. He didn't seem to want to hear it. 5 years later, I get a text from a former colleague that shows police tape and a "Do Not Enter, University Police Investigation" sign on her door. What do you know, she was stealing from the place to help pay for her drug problem. One of the happiest days of my life.

http://www.thedp.com/article/2014/07/amy-wagner-charged-with-theft

 

[ukwildcat2004]

People like this absolutey disgust me.

The story goes like this:

Dad called me on a Sunday night at about 10:30 and said my grandfather had a stroke and he had bleeding on his brain and there wasn't much that could be done other than keep him comfortable. I decided I needed to go see him. Wasn't gonna change anything but I was gonna make the trip from lexington to louisville.

The next morning I called my sales manager to tell him I was gonna need some time off to go see granddad. His response was "how long you gonna be gone?" Not even I'm sorry or anything. I said I'm not sure cause he might pass before I get there. He said well I need to know. I said again I'm not sure. I had a co-workers phone charger in my vehicle and decided before heading to louisville to drop it off at the office. I get there to drop it off and he comes out of his office. He asks me again how long am I gonna be gone. Not even sorry at this point. I replied with I don't know and quite frankly I don't give a damn about you or this job, fire me if you want I'm gonna go see my grandfather. He didn't fire me.

 

[anon_q409idbs5m40a]

People like this absolutey disgust me.

I had a similar situation with my father. He had a heart attack in January of 1998 and I flew to Lexington to visit him in Central Baptist. When I came back I found out that a guy who had the ear of my boss had been trashing me while I was gone. My father passed away in March 1998, a few hours after we won the NCAA. I flew back to Kentucky for the funeral and was gone for only 3 days. When I got back the same guy took advantage of my absence and trashed me again to my boss and pulled out all of these elaborate pie charts and tables to show that I wasn't doing my job. Keep in mind that I had only been on the job for about 9 months as a manager and was still trying to assess the situation. I was asked to resign but before I did so I confronted the guy who trashed me and told him that if I ever saw him on the street that I'd kick the s**t out of him, no matter how many years had passed. The look on his face was priceless and it took every ounce of fortitude not to punch his lights out. Found out later that he took a job in Georgia and was pulling the same stuff out there.

 

[bradyjames]

I had a similar situation with my father. He had a heart attack in January of 1998 and I flew to Lexington to visit him in Central Baptist. When I came back I found out that a guy who had the ear of my boss had been trashing me while I was gone. My father passed away in March 1998, a few hours after we won the NCAA. I flew back to Kentucky for the funeral and was gone for only 3 days. When I got back the same guy took advantage of my absence and trashed me again to my boss and pulled out all of these elaborate pie charts and tables to show that I wasn't doing my job. Keep in mind that I had only been on the job for about 9 months as a manager and was still trying to assess the situation. I was asked to resign but before I did so I confronted the guy who trashed me and told him that if I ever saw him on the street that I'd kick the s**t out of him, no matter how many years had passed. The look on his face was priceless and it took every ounce of fortitude not to punch his lights out. Found out later that he took a job in Georgia and was pulling the same stuff out there.

I wish you had. Of course, I am not the one who would have went to jail so it's easy for me to say.

 

[bradyjames]

The story goes like this:

Dad called me on a Sunday night at about 10:30 and said my grandfather had a stroke and he had bleeding on his brain and there wasn't much that could be done other than keep him comfortable. I decided I needed to go see him. Wasn't gonna change anything but I was gonna make the trip from lexington to louisville.

The next morning I called my sales manager to tell him I was gonna need some time off to go see granddad. His response was "how long you gonna be gone?" Not even I'm sorry or anything. I said I'm not sure cause he might pass before I get there. He said well I need to know. I said again I'm not sure. I had a co-workers phone charger in my vehicle and decided before heading to louisville to drop it off at the office. I get there to drop it off and he comes out of his office. He asks me again how long am I gonna be gone. Not even sorry at this point. I replied with I don't know and quite frankly I don't give a damn about you or this job, fire me if you want I'm gonna go see my grandfather. He didn't fire me.

Some people just aren't born with that compassionate component or empathy. It's a shame. F them honestly. I know you should pray for them or whatever. Just not in me.

 

[LordEgg_rivals16573]

My dad died on a Friday and his funeral was on a Monday morning so we could use the church. One of the secretaries called me Monday evening and said the managing partner wanted to know why I wasn't at work after lunch. That is a true story. It was my first job out of law school. It didn't last a whole lot longer.

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

My dad died on a Friday and his funeral was on a Monday morning so we could use the church. One of the secretaries called me Monday evening and said the managing partner wanted to know why I wasn't at work after lunch. That is a true story. It was my first job out of law school. It didn't last a whole lot longer.

Law!

 

[Crushgroove]

First job out of school was with a division of Pemco Aeroplex called Hayes' Targets. Total ex-military operation that designed and manufactured aerial tow targets and drones for the military. CEO of Hayes' was a shitstick ex-Navy, Auburn grad named Wes Teague. I hated him as much as he hated me... all b/c I'd never served. He made my life hell.

 

[kevcat]

First job out of school was with a division of Pemco Aeroplex called Hayes' Targets. Total ex-military operation that designed and manufactured aerial tow targets and drones for the military. CEO of Hayes' was a shitstick ex-Navy, Auburn grad named Wes Teague. I hated him as much as he hated me... all b/c I'd never served. He made my life hell.

I have pretty much been a 1099 self employed contractor for the last 20+ years, with a two year exception.
I took a job as a sales rep for a company back in 2009. They made me account for every single minute I worked. Talk about micro managing. I spent as much time documenting what I was doing as much as I was working.

Finally, this a-hole Napoleon looking boss showed up at 6:00 in the morning at an account, and I came in at 6:03, and he started with his bull chit about being late. I had had enough. Let me just say I went ballistic on him in front of a lot of people. That was the end if that nightmare.

 

[anon_q409idbs5m40a]

I wish you had. Of course, I am not the one who would have went to jail so it's easy for me to say.

Yeah Brady, you're correct about the jail part. Took every bit of restraint I had not to sucker punch this chicken s**t SOB. The fear on his face was classic and I'd be willing to bet that someone else did beat his face into a pulp later on.

 

[BBUK]

Always respect servicemen, but working for someone in the military is a real nightmare. They treat the company like it's wartime and every move you make could cost the lives of a nation. Nothing you ever do is as important or game-changing as the tasks they did while on duty.. and that sentiment gets old fast.

Office life isn't the military, and your workers don't have to, and don't WANT to, "be all they can be".. It's 5:30pm, stop being shocked and disappointed that staff left for the day, well within their means.

That's too general regarding the military. They are a population of people too. They have different traits. There is tge mission though....

 

[ukalumni00]

Had a woman boss who had zero experience doing what I did. Was a complete idiot. Never answered her phone and took forever to get back to me. Had others make decisions for her and would pass it off as her own. Had her cliques and was known to gossip and trash everyone behind their backs.

One day she sent me an email saying she respected me as a professional but felt I did not respect her which was a personal problem for her. Yes, she typed those statements on a company email to me. I was able to reach her by phone a few hours later and had her crying when I threatened to report her to HR all the while making sure I told her how much of an idiot she was.

Called her boss after that and demanded she be removed as my boss. A day later I had a new boss. She was reassigned, but kept her position. A few years later was laid off.

 

[Jeff Drummond]

I've been fairly lucky in my professional life to have good bosses, but I once had one at a part-time job during college that was a complete nightmare. I wound up quitting that one on the spot because I wasn't going to get a night off to watch the MLB All-Star Game. [laughing]

 

[UKGrad93]

I have pretty much been a 1099 self employed contractor for the last 20+ years, with a two year exception.
I took a job as a sales rep for a company back in 2009. They made me account for every single minute I worked. Talk about micro managing. I spent as much time documenting what I was doing as much as I was working.

Finally, this a-hole Napoleon looking boss showed up at 6:00 in the morning at an account, and I came in at 6:03, and he started with his bull chit about being late. I had had enough. Let me just say I went ballistic on him in front of a lot of people. That was the end if that nightmare.

Our department has to account for every hour of every day. 30+ employees for the past 24 years. We're never told how it is used or why. But you sure as **** will get called out if it's not done. Management doesn't seem to care about how time is allocated, just that it's filled in.

 

[KingOfBBN]

Our department has to account for every hour of every day. 30+ employees for the past 24 years. We're never told how it is used or why. But you sure as **** will get called out if it's not done. Management doesn't seem to care about how time is allocated, just that it's filled in.

Not very related but companies that are so stupid in their lack of efficiency always has me shaking my head.

I once worked for a company that had a Pitney Bowes account for the massive amounts of mail they sent out to clients. They'd make us fill out a PO for corporate and mail it to them. Corporate would then cut our branch the check and mail it to us, then we'd have to turn around and mail the check to Pitney Bowes in Pittsburgh. It made no effing sense.

When I asked why couldn't we just have corporate mail it and cut down on the waste of time, the answer was "it's just how it has always been." Not really a great answer, corporate just like how making employees document what they're doing takes away actual work.

If you think about it, there's tons of high-paying management jobs whose responsibility is simply to just be a middle man and report what you did to a higher up. That's it.

 

[TheySoSensitive]

If you keep somebody from a legit family emergency, you're a true POS. Fortunately never had any terrible bosses, worked for a construction company that had awesome bosses, made the transition into an unfamiliar industry much smoother. Rest have been meh, but none of them have done anything close to the awful **** I'm reading in here

 

[TheySoSensitive]

I had a similar situation with my father. He had a heart attack in January of 1998 and I flew to Lexington to visit him in Central Baptist. When I came back I found out that a guy who had the ear of my boss had been trashing me while I was gone. My father passed away in March 1998, a few hours after we won the NCAA. I flew back to Kentucky for the funeral and was gone for only 3 days. When I got back the same guy took advantage of my absence and trashed me again to my boss and pulled out all of these elaborate pie charts and tables to show that I wasn't doing my job. Keep in mind that I had only been on the job for about 9 months as a manager and was still trying to assess the situation. I was asked to resign but before I did so I confronted the guy who trashed me and told him that if I ever saw him on the street that I'd kick the s**t out of him, no matter how many years had passed. The look on his face was priceless and it took every ounce of fortitude not to punch his lights out. Found out later that he took a job in Georgia and was pulling the same stuff out there.

The thing that sucks is that the people who deserve to be punched in the face the most, are the ones who run and file charges/sue as soon as their *** had been kicked.

Some people just deserve a good *** whipping and that should be a legitimate defense strategy in court

 

[KingOfBBN]

The thing that sucks is that the people who deserve to be punched in the face the most, are the ones who run and file charges/sue as soon as their *** had been kicked.

Some people just deserve a good *** whipping and that should be a legitimate defense strategy in court

They need to bring back duels or some ****. Too many pussies run their mouths and get away with so much deception. The only thing that would curb it is if they knew they're getting the crap kicked out of them if they try that.

If you can get away with fighting in hockey or baseball, you should be able to get away with it in an office occasionally.

 

[TheySoSensitive]

They need to bring back duels or some ****. Too many pussies run their mouths and get away with so much deception. The only thing that would curb it is if they knew they're getting the crap kicked out of them if they try that.

If you can get away with fighting in hockey or baseball, you should be able to get away with it in an office occasionally.

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I mean, they sold water to people when it comes out of the faucet. We should be able to sell these...

 

[Monroe Claxton]

Worst boss had chronic, uncontrollable flatulence