The worst boss you ever had.
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911motorsport said:
ooo000ooo said:
A previous boss was promoted out of his job as an electrical safety type guy before he managed to kill someone. One of his responsibilities was the large fish tank in reception. He was discovered one day wearing a pair of swimming goggles on with his head in the tank trying to see things from the fish's point of view.
After he was promoted he got drunk at a works do and spent the whole night trying to get off with one of the woman he managed, who punched him after he licked her armpit in the middle of a packed dancefloor.
After the sexual harrassment case was dropped he was told to calm down so at the next do he got plastered, climbed onto the stage during the boardmembers address, missed his footing and fell off the stage, breaking his ankle in the process.
Again, he got away with a telling off.
Next works do, he was under strict instructions not to dring at all but had a skinful and spent the evening heckling the board members during their speeches accusing them of religious discrimination.
he got suspended for a couple of weeks.
I miss him, he made the rest of us look fantastic
That's not a bad boss! that's pure entertainment After he was promoted he got drunk at a works do and spent the whole night trying to get off with one of the woman he managed, who punched him after he licked her armpit in the middle of a packed dancefloor.
After the sexual harrassment case was dropped he was told to calm down so at the next do he got plastered, climbed onto the stage during the boardmembers address, missed his footing and fell off the stage, breaking his ankle in the process.
Again, he got away with a telling off.
Next works do, he was under strict instructions not to dring at all but had a skinful and spent the evening heckling the board members during their speeches accusing them of religious discrimination.
he got suspended for a couple of weeks.
I miss him, he made the rest of us look fantastic
I love the fact that everyone's had a bad boss, but no-one has themselves had any faults.
I'm sure some of my team think that I'm a t
t. But those members are by return some or all of the following: incompetent, impossible to teach, arrogant, self-serving, sly/backstabbing and convinced that they are right all of the time.
Goes both ways, chaps.
I'm sure some of my team think that I'm a t
t. But those members are by return some or all of the following: incompetent, impossible to teach, arrogant, self-serving, sly/backstabbing and convinced that they are right all of the time.Goes both ways, chaps.
I haven't really had a bad boss yet, worked for a few who drank on the job. They didn't do much work so the rest of us just got on with things.
I worked for a company run by 3 blokes, first one had a (claimed) 700bhp RS4 Estate, next one had a R33 Skyline GTR and the other had an Evo 5. I worked in the office for them and downstairs was a huge lockup with engine lifts, ramps and a vending machine. They let me use it at nights and I had a few cars there. Mates loved it!
My worst boss wasn't a bad chap. He gave us good jobs, kept decent money coming our way but we had to put up with his depressing life stories every day. Genuine nice bloke but very depressed. He had to lay me off one Monday morning after I got involved in a scrap with the lad I worked with ( put up working with a drunk for 2 years, couldn't take any more!) He shook my hand and paid me for the full week. Happy days
I worked for a company run by 3 blokes, first one had a (claimed) 700bhp RS4 Estate, next one had a R33 Skyline GTR and the other had an Evo 5. I worked in the office for them and downstairs was a huge lockup with engine lifts, ramps and a vending machine. They let me use it at nights and I had a few cars there. Mates loved it!
My worst boss wasn't a bad chap. He gave us good jobs, kept decent money coming our way but we had to put up with his depressing life stories every day. Genuine nice bloke but very depressed. He had to lay me off one Monday morning after I got involved in a scrap with the lad I worked with ( put up working with a drunk for 2 years, couldn't take any more!) He shook my hand and paid me for the full week. Happy days
Had an absolute weasel of a manager who had no people skills, no management skills and ran at the first sight of having to offer his customer facing underlings any support.
He also tried to withold a large portion of my final paycheque after I left. I thwarted him after 6 months of to-ing and fro-ing by going to the head honcho of the UK operation (which everyone said not to because he was such an important man
) and telling him that this sort of behaviour was one of the reasons I'd left in the first place.
Several months later I popped in to say hi to my old colleagues and when he saw me coming he span on his heel and disappeared into his office very quickly. It's not like I was going to lamp him or anything
(Not with witnesses around anyway).
On the flip side, the best boss I ever had (my current one) died of a sudden heart attack several weeks ago. It's always the nice ones
He also tried to withold a large portion of my final paycheque after I left. I thwarted him after 6 months of to-ing and fro-ing by going to the head honcho of the UK operation (which everyone said not to because he was such an important man
) and telling him that this sort of behaviour was one of the reasons I'd left in the first place. Several months later I popped in to say hi to my old colleagues and when he saw me coming he span on his heel and disappeared into his office very quickly. It's not like I was going to lamp him or anything
(Not with witnesses around anyway).
On the flip side, the best boss I ever had (my current one) died of a sudden heart attack several weeks ago. It's always the nice ones
Harry i listed my faults in my post, and i have had it explained to me a couple of time what an appaling manager/boss i was. But everything got done, i made sure not to have favourites and to be honest i had earned the right to be an arse by getting the job. At one point i had a racial harrasment accusation thrown at me, which was only rectified when i explained to him in the investigation that i wasn't being racist when i said that he was a useless , it wouldn't matter to me what colour he was if he was still st at his job. We actually got on fine after that clear the air talk.
Oh and a few years ago i was my (now ex)Oh's boss, having to tear strips off her for being lax just because she was screwing the boss was one of the weirdest experiences ever, oh and all bedroom activity was curtailed for a month.
, it wouldn't matter to me what colour he was if he was still st at his job. We actually got on fine after that clear the air talk.Oh and a few years ago i was my (now ex)Oh's boss, having to tear strips off her for being lax just because she was screwing the boss was one of the weirdest experiences ever, oh and all bedroom activity was curtailed for a month.
One of my bosses in my last PR job was an inverterate liar. Firstly, brought me into the firm because he wanted me to work on their automotive accounts. Turned up on my first day and he admitted that he actually hadn't got any automotive accounts any more but was hoping to get some more soon (he didn't). The firm claimed to be a sprawling business operation with a 'London office' (it was on the last stop on the Met line, way outside the M25), a 'European office' (they occasionally used a lone freelancer based in Belgium), and an 'American office' (one bloke in the UK office who dealt with the American accounts two days a week). They claimed to have a permanent staff of 'about 20'. It became pretty evident to me after a week or so that there were about 5 of them.
To make matters worse, he spoke in fluent bks (saying 'legacy' instead of 'old' or 'previous' to describe outdated business computer software was the biggest grater, there were countless other examples), and the account manager supposedly in charge of me would blame me whenever something she'd forgotten to do was mentioned. 'Where's that thing....that I asked you to do?' seemed to be one of her favourite phrases. She hadn't actually given it to me to do at all.
Also, it would have helped if they'd mentioned on the job advert something about fluency in Dutch and Swedish being a bonus.
On the day I handed in my notice, the secretary (who confided in me that she had been making plans to leave too) mentioned that the job I had done had changed hands four times in the space of a year, and the incumbent had left of their own accord every time.
To make matters worse, he spoke in fluent b
ks (saying 'legacy' instead of 'old' or 'previous' to describe outdated business computer software was the biggest grater, there were countless other examples), and the account manager supposedly in charge of me would blame me whenever something she'd forgotten to do was mentioned. 'Where's that thing....that I asked you to do?' seemed to be one of her favourite phrases. She hadn't actually given it to me to do at all.Also, it would have helped if they'd mentioned on the job advert something about fluency in Dutch and Swedish being a bonus.
On the day I handed in my notice, the secretary (who confided in me that she had been making plans to leave too) mentioned that the job I had done had changed hands four times in the space of a year, and the incumbent had left of their own accord every time.
Edited by Twincam16 on Wednesday 11th August 17:02
Apologies omgus, I wasn't meaning you personally. I was just observing that most people find it far easier to blame their own shortcomings in the workplace on their bad managers, when they could in fact just do their job better.
I can be a rubbish boss. I have shagged numerous women who have worked for me. Luckily have got rid of that very bad habit. Still go for the workplace, just people that don't report to me directly or indirectly...
I can be a rubbish boss. I have shagged numerous women who have worked for me. Luckily have got rid of that very bad habit. Still go for the workplace, just people that don't report to me directly or indirectly...
Harry Flashman said:
Mind you, I have had an awful boss. A bully, game-player and misogynist.
I knocked him out after a night drinking with the team in a bar. To be fair, he had hit me first, and as such I didn't get fired. I left the company shortly afterwards, though.
He lost his job.
I bet it was like two magnets repelling each otherI knocked him out after a night drinking with the team in a bar. To be fair, he had hit me first, and as such I didn't get fired. I left the company shortly afterwards, though.
He lost his job.
Harry Flashman said:
I love the fact that everyone's had a bad boss, but no-one has themselves had any faults..
Quite the opposite. I can be a massive pain in the arse and I'll happily admit it. But I'm fair and treat colleagues or subordinates with respect. It's the bosses who've had a nasty streak or the ones who have blatantly abused their position that I've resented the most.
first boss during a gap year at school.
regularly find him at 7:55am banging on my front door screaming that i would be late for work (which was really quite scary for an 18 yr old)
would regularly abuse any of his subordinates
frequently had girls leaving class in tears (at least twice a day)
couldn't apologise for anything
broke my cheekbone because i hadnt properly put away some glassware from chemistry class (and almost completely out of the blue). Advised not to press charges as i had then broken both his collar bones (students were happy though- he coudln't work for 6 weeks!)
don't suppose i was the most diligent member of staff in the world at 18, but he was really totally nuts.
regularly find him at 7:55am banging on my front door screaming that i would be late for work (which was really quite scary for an 18 yr old)
would regularly abuse any of his subordinates
frequently had girls leaving class in tears (at least twice a day)
couldn't apologise for anything
broke my cheekbone because i hadnt properly put away some glassware from chemistry class (and almost completely out of the blue). Advised not to press charges as i had then broken both his collar bones (students were happy though- he coudln't work for 6 weeks!)
don't suppose i was the most diligent member of staff in the world at 18, but he was really totally nuts.
Twincam16 said:
One of my bosses in my last PR job was an inverterate liar. Firstly, brought me into the firm because he wanted me to work on their automotive accounts. Turned up on my first day and he admitted that he actually hadn't got any automotive accounts any more but was hoping to get some more soon (he didn't). The firm claimed to be a sprawling business operation with a 'London office' (it was on the last stop on the Met line, way outside the M25), a 'European office' (they occasionally used a lone freelancer based in Belgium), and an 'American office' (one bloke in the UK office who dealt with the American accounts two days a week). They claimed to have a permanent staff of 'about 20'. It became pretty evident to me after a week or so that there were about 5 of them.
To make matters worse, he spoke in fluent bks (saying 'legacy' instead of 'old' or 'previous' to describe outdated business computer software was the biggest grater, there were countless other examples), and the account manager supposedly in charge of me would blame me whenever something she'd forgotten to do was mentioned. 'Where's that thing....that I asked you to do?' seemed to be one of her favourite phrases. She hadn't actually given it to me to do at all.
Also, it would have helped if they'd mentioned on the job advert something about fluency in Dutch and Swedish being a bonus.
On the day I handed in my notice, the secretary (who confided in me that she had been making plans to leave too) mentioned that the job I had done had changed hands four times in the space of a year, and the incumbent had left of their own accord every time.
Was your boss Brian Butterfield?To make matters worse, he spoke in fluent b
ks (saying 'legacy' instead of 'old' or 'previous' to describe outdated business computer software was the biggest grater, there were countless other examples), and the account manager supposedly in charge of me would blame me whenever something she'd forgotten to do was mentioned. 'Where's that thing....that I asked you to do?' seemed to be one of her favourite phrases. She hadn't actually given it to me to do at all.Also, it would have helped if they'd mentioned on the job advert something about fluency in Dutch and Swedish being a bonus.
On the day I handed in my notice, the secretary (who confided in me that she had been making plans to leave too) mentioned that the job I had done had changed hands four times in the space of a year, and the incumbent had left of their own accord every time.
Edited by Twincam16 on Wednesday 11th August 17:02
SuBo Wrestler said:
Twincam16 said:
One of my bosses in my last PR job was an inverterate liar. Firstly, brought me into the firm because he wanted me to work on their automotive accounts. Turned up on my first day and he admitted that he actually hadn't got any automotive accounts any more but was hoping to get some more soon (he didn't). The firm claimed to be a sprawling business operation with a 'London office' (it was on the last stop on the Met line, way outside the M25), a 'European office' (they occasionally used a lone freelancer based in Belgium), and an 'American office' (one bloke in the UK office who dealt with the American accounts two days a week). They claimed to have a permanent staff of 'about 20'. It became pretty evident to me after a week or so that there were about 5 of them.
To make matters worse, he spoke in fluent bks (saying 'legacy' instead of 'old' or 'previous' to describe outdated business computer software was the biggest grater, there were countless other examples), and the account manager supposedly in charge of me would blame me whenever something she'd forgotten to do was mentioned. 'Where's that thing....that I asked you to do?' seemed to be one of her favourite phrases. She hadn't actually given it to me to do at all.
Also, it would have helped if they'd mentioned on the job advert something about fluency in Dutch and Swedish being a bonus.
On the day I handed in my notice, the secretary (who confided in me that she had been making plans to leave too) mentioned that the job I had done had changed hands four times in the space of a year, and the incumbent had left of their own accord every time.
Was your boss Brian Butterfield?To make matters worse, he spoke in fluent b
ks (saying 'legacy' instead of 'old' or 'previous' to describe outdated business computer software was the biggest grater, there were countless other examples), and the account manager supposedly in charge of me would blame me whenever something she'd forgotten to do was mentioned. 'Where's that thing....that I asked you to do?' seemed to be one of her favourite phrases. She hadn't actually given it to me to do at all.Also, it would have helped if they'd mentioned on the job advert something about fluency in Dutch and Swedish being a bonus.
On the day I handed in my notice, the secretary (who confided in me that she had been making plans to leave too) mentioned that the job I had done had changed hands four times in the space of a year, and the incumbent had left of their own accord every time.
Edited by Twincam16 on Wednesday 11th August 17:02
t, but replace the obvious blustery incompetance with just plain weak-handshake sliminess delivered with an overly rehearsed confidence.
My first real boss was brilliant - he was probably 5 years from retirement, but not taking it easy and was working hard for his retirement fund. Anyway, he was a straight talking Scottish bloke who told you what he wanted in clear language - just what you needed. But also up for a laugh when needed. A bloke in a team were working with was called Dick Long (yep, Richard Long and liked to be called Dick in all seriousness).
Boss needed a quick answer so called him on the handsfree office phone. In his usual manner said "Long Dick, is that you", followed by a muffled noise at the other end. Boss then says "st, bks wrong number" and hangs up. Of course, we are kill ourselves laughing at this point. But the big problem is its an office phone and the name pops up on the display. He had some dodgy looks for a few weeks after that.
Bloody hillarious - at the time.
Boss needed a quick answer so called him on the handsfree office phone. In his usual manner said "Long Dick, is that you", followed by a muffled noise at the other end. Boss then says "s
t, bks wrong number" and hangs up. Of course, we are kill ourselves laughing at this point. But the big problem is its an office phone and the name pops up on the display. He had some dodgy looks for a few weeks after that. Bloody hillarious - at the time.
Its 9am. I have been standing outside work for about an hour.
One customer, two customers. . . . 5 customers arrive.
Its 10 o'clock and the 5 customers and I decide to leave as it looks like the Boss is not turning up.
On the short walk back home I meet one of the local lads, who tells of the previous night's exploits with my Boss. [I will paraphrase to save time]10 Pints, Kebab house, lock in, 2 am, vomit, drive home to change(yes he did drive home), 4am kicked out of the lock in.
No surprise that he went bust
One customer, two customers. . . . 5 customers arrive.
Its 10 o'clock and the 5 customers and I decide to leave as it looks like the Boss is not turning up.
On the short walk back home I meet one of the local lads, who tells of the previous night's exploits with my Boss. [I will paraphrase to save time]10 Pints, Kebab house, lock in, 2 am, vomit, drive home to change(yes he did drive home), 4am kicked out of the lock in.
No surprise that he went bust
Not strictly my boss but the senior engineer I was working under was a complete bd. I was fresh out of uni and knew very little about building services. I basically became his bh and would regularly get words and objects thrown my way in full view of the other 20 engineers in the open plan office. If I dared to ask a question that he thought was stupid then I would get nothing more than a moronic look. I didn't get a single days training in the 2 years I was there. I eventually stopped asking any questions and just worked things out by trial and error. Multiple complaints to the director made no difference. I was eventually made redundant thankfully, the best thing that happened to me while I was there. Left with my confidence pretty much shattered and low self esteem.
Things have now turned around completely and I start at Sandhurst in January so I can't be a complete mong.
I now have an irrational hatred of all scots, utter, utter prick. If I could have one get out of jail free card it would be used on that guy.
d. I was fresh out of uni and knew very little about building services. I basically became his bh and would regularly get words and objects thrown my way in full view of the other 20 engineers in the open plan office. If I dared to ask a question that he thought was stupid then I would get nothing more than a moronic look. I didn't get a single days training in the 2 years I was there. I eventually stopped asking any questions and just worked things out by trial and error. Multiple complaints to the director made no difference. I was eventually made redundant thankfully, the best thing that happened to me while I was there. Left with my confidence pretty much shattered and low self esteem. Things have now turned around completely and I start at Sandhurst in January so I can't be a complete mong.
I now have an irrational hatred of all scots, utter, utter prick. If I could have one get out of jail free card it would be used on that guy.
I once worked in the local mcdonalds, because I wanted a job with no responsibility and they were the first people to get back to me. Worked there for a while, the store manager was this welsh bloke, top notch guy. He knew how to talk to people and knew how to get a favour from someone. Then he left, and this woman 'Kebab' some people called her. She didnt know how to talk to people, didnt know how to get things done and didnt know how to get a favour.
I remember once I went into work and requested I get out an hour early the next day to go to the dentist. Id previously checked the shift schedule so I could arrange my appointment with the dentist when it was alright to get out early as there were enough others working to cover. I asked her, she said no scedule it for a day when you arent working. Then a couple of hours later she came to me and asked "will you come in an hour early tomorrow, Ive got no one to do the opening shift.". Of course I didnt bother, and then got the shift manager, whos shift it was that evening to let me get out and go to the dentist.
I remember once I went into work and requested I get out an hour early the next day to go to the dentist. Id previously checked the shift schedule so I could arrange my appointment with the dentist when it was alright to get out early as there were enough others working to cover. I asked her, she said no scedule it for a day when you arent working. Then a couple of hours later she came to me and asked "will you come in an hour early tomorrow, Ive got no one to do the opening shift.". Of course I didnt bother, and then got the shift manager, whos shift it was that evening to let me get out and go to the dentist.
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