IT Manager of Dunning-Kruger EffectThe Dunning-Kruger Effect is an example of cognitive bias in which "people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it". They therefore suffer an illusory superiority, rating their own ability as abov...
more i'm miserable on my job because of a bad mistake that coworkers will not let me live it downHi, I've been with an organization for over 7 years. Once a supervisor who was demoted because of a bad situation i found was my fault. I was considered a liar which coworkers turned against because of my fault. I admitted that i lied BecAUSE OF MY sudden reaction and pressure from my supervior. Sin...
more Bad references continue after quitting:I am just wrapping up the worst phase of my life—battling my company to get my reputation back. Bad bosses do exist and I stopped mine.
Like most naïve Americans, I thought government resources would protect me. What a sad lesson that was. I thought a mean attorney would scare my employer...
more Subtle passive-agressive bully ruining our organizationI have worked for my organization over ten years. When I took my job, the boss was decent - not completely competent, but a decent person who really tried. About 7 years ago, this person retired and a colleague who I completely disrespected was elevated to this position. This person is the most a...
more From kleptomania to sexual assult, when will my boss' superiors draw the line?I work for a museum in a very small community. We are located on an indian reservation, so many of the federal laws and protocalls regarding employment do not apply to our company. My boss began working for this company over a quarter century ago when she was an illiterate teenager with kids. Not th...
more So many dumb bosses, so little timeI just recently argued with a boss who "forgot" she ordered a schedule change so a new employee could start working...nevermind the background checks weren't finished yet! The boss demanded to know why I put the new employee on the schedule...so I told her. The silence treatment has foll...
more ADHDI work for a school district in a small town. two years ago we got a new principal at the school. instantly everyone in the building disliked him because he came in from day 1 changing everything. any way he will call me twenty times a day or come and find me to ask me to do something I'm already do...
more IT Boss thinks there's 100 minutes in an hour and doesn't know what a network ping is.I work for a large building materials manufacturer, and my boss, the Director of IT Operations, was asked one day by our CIO what the round trip time was for a network ping from our corporate office to another office in Europe. More precisely he was sent an e-mail with the subject "Ping timing...
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