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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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My boss is a grade A jerk!My boss is the most nutty, self-centered, pig i know. He is always seeking attention and fishing for compliments. (low self-esteem or what?) He'll ask you about your weekend or evening only to tell you about his. If you actually have a story to relay, his eyes glaze over if you go on for more th... more Supervisor that has no idea whats going on.I work at a security system manufacturing firm as part of the marketing department. Business has been good lately, so our HR department has decided to hire more people across all departments. Although it would make sense to promote those that have been exceling at their tasks and putting the new hir... more How 1 man has made its works unmotivated A new man started as a manger of the Yorkshire branches wholesale. He went round every branch gave them a list of the problems. I got told I was dressed scruffy. I had new suit and shoes and shirt tie. They sacked TWO members of staff. Put a new boss in my place. Who let all the paper work go sales ... more Intention doesn't compensate for intelligenceMy boss is a good guy, no doubt. He has an idea of how to do what I do but he can't do what I do, that's why I was hired, because he couldn't cut it.
Yet he wants to argue with me about how something should be done. He has little knowledge about the web development environment, yet he keeps thro... more Bad, unfair bossI work for an Insurance company and it is a start up. I work in the IT division. My boss who is a VP and the head of the division is clueless about managing and estimating any workload. She creates unnecessary pressure and has no respect for my work. I have a peer who is her favorite and needless to... more Owner of IT Company knows nothing about ITI work for a small/medium sized technology company. One of the owners prides himself on his technical knowledge, refers to himself as a "computer geek", and he speaks regularly at technology conferences. Pretty nice credentials, right? Despite this he also regularly proves that he has n... more some people just aren't responsible for their own actions...I work for a large steel manufacturing company, in an engineering position.
My boss is so disorganized, he's constantly misplacing anything and everything. He so frequently loses things that I give him that I created an excel tracking matrix to record what I give him, date given, and dates I remi... more If he is so smart why are they still losing money?My boss calls a meeting of his executive team and announces we are in the hole and sinking fast. He tasks us with finding a way to cut $65K out of our monthly operating budget without touching our labor force. Realizing the cost of our materials and supplies, I explain to him it is an impossible sce... more The Perfect(-ionist, OCD, Insecure) BossI work for a two partner law practice and I am the only support staff for the them. I have approximately 10 years experience in my field, and have been at this particular job for a little over two years. Also, the partners are a couple as well. One of the partners is very rude. When I buzz him ... more One of manyThe director of my department called the HR rep into this office this morning to tell her to have me update my title in my email signature. The HR rep then went to my direct supervisor to tell him to inform me that my email signature needs to be changed. My boss calls me into his office only to tell... more Workey Work...Busy BeeHave you ever seen that FedEx commercial where a guy is sitting in an empty office, not doing anything, yet he will yell out, "Workey, work, busy bee!" or the phone will ring and he will say, "Can't get that I'm in the zone!"? That commercial explains my boss to a tee.
Besides ... more Good heart, but few skills to be a bossI work on the IT Support department of an electrical generators factory.
First we were only two in the department: me and my boss.
We were like friends, did everything together, solved problems peacefully and did everything to cover eachother's backs when something went wrong.
He didn't have mu... more
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