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2. Why did I bother to stay there?
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3. The High Cost of Government Plumbing
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Let off some steam at My Stupid Boss

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?

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She is scary
I have a new boss she is an interim directer, the rule was if you are interim you can not apply for the job, she cried un equal opportunity employment. so they let her apply, then she dyed her hair, got all new clothes and is starting to act like she thinks she knows what she is doing. To my shagrin... more

pay cut effected to save own life style
I work for a small company of about 40 employees, the nature of which, is of no real importance here. The issue is that the owner effected a pay cut topping out at 15% in order to maintain his own life style due to falling or weakening profits. He has done this with no regard to seniority or the fac... more

stupid, stupid man
So we hired this guy because he promised he could turn our business around.

Well, we have one customer whom we dropped off material for two orders for. The customer only had one check ready for one order. Boss says 'it's ok' and leaves all the material there. I'm not even sure we got a valid s... more

$500K worth of Contracts sit on her desk, because she cannot make a decision
Hotel - Sales
The boss who has to approve every contract as it is sent off to the waiting client will go over the standardized company wide contract over and over again (the same contract is used for everything). She lets $500,000.00 worth of business sit on her desk because she cant make a decisio... more

Dumb engineers!!!!
Where should I begin? I work for a mall here in our town as a Building Management System (BMS) Operator, a BMS is a central computer system which controls all electromechanical units of a certain establishment. It is also my job to monitor everything if it is working fine. If not I'll call my engine... more

My big fat pork pie, donught dunkin work shy lazy t**t of a Boss
"Lets look at the bigger picture" as my w*****y boss would say. Now its not his fault that he is over weight, he just raids the office fridge and stuffs 3 eclairs in his gob in 2mins. He is meant to be a manager but can't even manage himself. He thinks that because he talks posh he knows w... more

She thought they said trains, when in fact, they said brains, and she asked for a slow one.
I was elated to have landed a career where I wanted, doing what I wanted. It was a dream come true, only to become a nightmare.

The supervising physicians were kind, polite, and witty. The staff was warm, compassionate towards our patients, and the banter was light. And then, I met the mana... more

My boss is a baby
I work in a branch of a loan company. My boss is nearly forty years old and just last week moved into his own apartment. He has his mother bring him lunch and run his errands. His mother spends hours in the lobby. If she is not in the store, she calls and talks for hours at a time. When a custo... more

Pits staff against staff
My boss plays favorites and pits her staff against her staff and then expects us to get along and like each other. She goes so far to slam us on our evaluations claiming that we gossip about each other when she's the one talking to each of us about each other - oh yes - even whomever is her favorit... more

Fighting Back
My boss was a bully - verbal and physical abuse, making obscene untrue sexual references about me, in front of 9 coworkers, regarding one of the employees I managed, threats of firing me biweekly for no reason other than she had family problems and was having a tantrum (she confided husband was cok... more

Idiot Boss is Clueless
My boss is an ex mainframe programmer. Doesn't have a clue what client and server and web programming entails. Try to explain it and boss's eyes glaze over. You can't bring any problem to the boss, because it's your fault never anyone or anything else's fault. Unless you're one of the boss's 'supers... more

The principal is a phony, a liar and a bully
Teacher at a formerly great suburban school. My boss is the biggest jerk in the world. Three different women have referred to him as evil, in three completely different conversations. His favorite buddy on staff is nicknamed Frosted Flakes. He lurks around other staff members trying to discover ... more

IT engineering in a French Bank
I 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 advice
ive 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 fall
I 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 genius
Makes 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

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