Worked with both bully bosses & coworkersI am astounded at how rampant this problem is. Could it be workplaces are really so toxic? My personal experience makes me think so.
Personally, I have worked in offices where both bosses and coworkers were abusive bullies.
Bully bosses:
Bully bosses tend to be more direct (power goes to th...
more Demoralization is a chainI was laid off in December 2008 from a terrible place that received a government bail-out. My boss was an idiot, but he was only one in a chain of idiots who practiced the art of demoralization. His boss would berate him in front of the people he worked for, and then, my boss would berate those who ...
more Forced to drive illegal truckWork for a company that is famous for donuts and coffee. While delivering donuts the other day i was pulled over by state troopers and issued a ticket for no front license plate. That was on a Tuesday morning. Now Thursday I go back into work and find out that the company has not put a new plate on ...
more verbal compliment / email repramandmy boss compliments me verbally to my face, but she sends and email to tell me all the wrong that i do. i feel she is setting me up with a documented record of the wrong i do but maintains no record of the good i do. what should i do. she is setting me up....
My boss has taken a left turn and is decompensating. Hi. I work in NYC in the textile industry, and we are experiencing a change where some jobs will be eliminated. My job is being terminated and I've known about this for about 6 months, but I'm not panicking. My boss recently learned his job is ending; all hell is breaking loose, the sky is falling ...
more i work for people that are very protective of their work and expect me to use their Objects that are NOT functional!!!!! i work for a large Media Company. we build and maintain websites for other media companies. i'm a developer at this place and basically every other developer above me is so afraid to lose their jobs that the structure of our company is built so that only these top developers know exactly what's goin...
more I must look like a white rat in a lab I work in human resources for an industrial company in the south.
Up until recently I really liked and respected my boss. He is friendly, personable and bright -- all qualities I admire. But he made a decision recently to reorganize our corporate structure and it's really bugging me big time!
...
more