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?