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Have you ever felt outraged, mystified, or just plain disbelief at
the antics of your boss? Do they take credit for your ideas? Put you down? What
do they do that makes your life a misery?
Why not let off some steam and add your story now!
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IT engineering in a French BankI do not believe the stupidity of some people.
Right now we have an engineering department split between London and Paris. It is this dept's responsibility to provide to us a Windows O/S build that we can use in all of the banks' offices around the world.
They used to produce these builds quar... more "In a nutshell", my boss is a JERK!!!!In a "nutshell" my boss is the biggest joke in the building. If he's says "in a nutshell" one more time, I'm going to scream. He acts like he knows everything and takes the credit for all the good things that go on here but it's always someone else's fault for the bad things. ... more my boss is seeking outside consultation and not asking my adviceive managed, buy for and merchandise, a gift shop for a small nyc museum for 10 years, singlehandedly built it from scratch to a highly attractive space visually ( lots of high compliments) and profitable ( averaging $3 profit for every $1 spent). full control and little discussion-positive or neg... more The Bigger the Ego the harder the fallI am an Engineer working here in our power plant. Unfortunately one of our chillers started to produce high temperature instead of the usual cold. My boss called me and told me that the motorized valve needs to be fixed. I checked everything, every angle, every possible nook and crannie, but zilch, ... more Same old same old...I've been here before...Another thing our boss likes to do is to take credit for our ideas. We bring potential problems up, then he calls his boss and says "Ya know, I been thinkin....you all know the story. I found a huge potential problem that could be very costly, but have been told to bury... more who in their right mind would hire this guy??My boss is...in a nutshell...an IDIOT! Everyday I cant help but question the state of mind of the employer who hired this incompetant fool. I work for a hospital in admissions. Its really difficult to work for someone who, everyday, comes to you with "you screwed this up" or "you mak... more He's so stupid he makes wood look like geniusMakes so many glaring mistakes but still thinks he's the smartest living being on earth! Mows you down and steps on you to get his way and thinks that proves he's smarter than you! Blurts out matter-of-fact sentences without thinking only to be laughed at behind his back because it would all be pr... more Why did I bother to stay there?I worked for a government environmental agency, for 12 years. My last boss, a PhD, went to a Conference and came back lusting for some new technology devices. The Department Head comes to me and tells me that this job is probably just right up my alley as a Project Manager.
So I take it on with D... more Why??? Because I'm the boss....Our boss likes to make us do personal favors for him. If any of his buddies need work..."my guys will do it"... He also uses his position to intimidate one of our guys into making personal financial loans which he either very slowly pays or does not pay back at all. This is a large global... more Can we get on the same page?Our boss follows the latest trends in useless buzzwords to a "T". She is always wanting to meet with the development team (currently 5 of us) to get "on the same page". The trouble with this is we are always trying to get our job done, and sitting through hours of pointless meeti... more My Fat Boss Rasputina (How You Doin?)My fat boss sits in her chair at her desk (most bosses have an office) but she just has a desk area. anyway she keeps going to the very back of her so called office and I smell her... Flatulence through out the rest of the kitchen. To be frank she farts around the food we serve. And to make person... more Model Worker Takes The Fall My boss picks on me continuously for the mistakes of my coworkers. for instance at my job I'm required to set the table at five o'clock for the residents to eat dinner (I work at a nursing home in dietary) and then when the residents finish I'm required to do the dishes. But if my fellow workers for... more The High Cost of Government PlumbingImagine a boss so controlling that you aren't even trusted to know when a toilet is stopped up!
Picture it: A government office where a male employee unfortunately blocks the toilet in the men's restroom but the one and only plunger is in the women's restroom. He asks the first woman he sees, u... more Short-term memory loss?About once a week my boss forwards me a PowerPoint file, and every time I have to tell him, once again, that I don't have PowerPoint -- perhaps we should buy a copy? This has happened about 10 times now. What could possibly explain forgetting it every single time? Didn't know how to do her job, so she did mineI worked for a mid-size medical insurance company. My boss promised all kinds of wonderful. She'd say she saw wonderful things for the department, but could never quite say what they were. It was her own job to get out into the company, participate in meetings, and find the problems in the company t... more my boss is blind but not phisicaly blind.My boss is direspectfull to me, although i done many things in his company and saved his ass many times.
He seem to have a very short memory regarding to work i did.
He gives me a feeling like he is not apreciating my work, and it pisses me off becuase i give him lots of my time without pay.
He... more Stupid bosses? HELP, We're over quota!People say my writing is pretty funny, but maybe not this time. Just a frustrated grumpy guy wanting to vent. Stay with me...once I get this off my chest it may turn funny in the end (but hey, don't hold your breath).
Can't mention the name of my employer, eh? Well, how about this? We're the ... more To stay ABSOLUTELY aroundB = my boss
BB = my boss's boss
BBC = my boss's boss counterpart
There was a day when BB was just chit chatting with BBC before an ad hoc meeting that everyone will attend.
Part of the ad hoc meeting was to discuss on something urgent with the latest status to be updated by B and hence he ... more No, no need, I fully understand.I was "briefing" my boss for a case that I was working with our legal team which involves quite a number of documents/agreements that we need to ask the customer to sign/resign.....
My boss called me up as wanted to know the details for him to be able to speak to further relate the prog... more Not asking for 5 days but in the last 2 hoursIn the beginning of the week, there was some market update that my boss "would like" to have and hence asked me to do......as that was not strictly within our responsbility as there are actually a specific team responsible for that, I asked that specific team to do that update copying my b... more
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