The Bad Boss - generics

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

They all fit the following pattern.

They lie, they forget things, they cant organise themselves let alone anybody else, they do things themselves that they dont allow you to do yourself / discpline you for, rudeness seems to be a common theme, As does not listening to the people they employ. Micromanaging, unrealistic deadlines seems quite common to.

In my profession normally its ex techies who have forgotten all their technical skills, but like to think they still understand whats going on when they dont.

Got it in one Fizz, you've just described my boss 100% accurately there. He's a spineless, lying sack of s*** who somehow manages to kiss just the right amount of a*** and takes just enough credit for the work our team does under his 'leadership' so that he still comes out smelling of roses, the c***!


Aaaaand breathe...

My last manager was a great believer in Seagull Management...

Fly in,
Flap around,
$hit on everything,
F*ck off,
Disappear for days on end.

And repeat.


Thank god I'm self employed now.

[Dave20046]

That made me laugh out loud for a prolonged period - cheers woz!

its only the self employed and those that are bosses / managers themselves who are n/a re this one...oh and the dole rs ..ahem...anyway - bigger question is...what to do about it? Everyone here dislikes him, many of us cant stand him....so we could present a united front...or join together in a strategy, but what should it be ?

Only thing i can think of is anonymous notes left lying about so the CEO gets a sense of the feeling amongst the staff ( ie X is a cant & we all hate him etc)...course, seeing as he is head of fundraising, it all hangs on whether he manages to raise the funds ...the CEO dont really care about the rest....

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by pete m

its only the self employed and those that are bosses / managers themselves who are n/a re this one...oh and the dole rs ..ahem...anyway - bigger question is...what to do about it? Everyone here dislikes him, many of us cant stand him....so we could present a united front...or join together in a strategy, but what should it be ?

Only thing i can think of is anonymous notes left lying about so the CEO gets a sense of the feeling amongst the staff ( ie X is a cant & we all hate him etc)...course, seeing as he is head of fundraising, it all hangs on whether he manages to raise the funds ...the CEO dont really care about the rest....

What size is your company?
It wouldn't surprise me if it hasn't gone unnoticed...

its quite small - 12 full time staff....i spose even our CEO couldnt miss the fact he's a super anal nerd ...but if she cares either way i doubt...she only cares if he raises the dough we need ....

We had a great sense of community in my old office. People were relaxed, we'd go on chips/ice cream/cake runs sometimes, football/rugby on the TV on the weekends.

New guy now insists all men be shirt and tie (women, naturally, never have to wear a tie) except on weekends and nights when it's acceptable to wear a polo shirt or similar. But never trainers, never jeans, never t-shirts or football strips.

We're also not allowed to eat at the desks, though the boundaries of this are being gradually pushed back. The supposed incentive to go to the breakout (I HATE THAT TERM) area was that there was a TV. Except it's ALWAYS on Sky Sports News, and there's always some tossers sitting by the TV (often managers) having a loud conversation, or indeed on their mobiles!

He came in at 5am one day under false pretences, to catch people in the act. One guy was smoking by the front entrance (we're on private land, no public can see us) because it's protected from the rain. NO, go smoke in the designated area and get soaked, you naughty man. Someone else had their feet up. Two people were asleep (fair enough, they deserve it). And a few people weren't wearing the correct clothes!

But it's this attitude, this throwing around of one's weight that has spoiled coming to work for many of us. The weekend cooked dinner/curry/chips has all but stopped because having to eat away from the desk means you're away from your phone too long. I don't get on with ties - they give me a stiff neck and sore spots on my neck. I also fail to understand why we (not public facing) have to wear all this stupid office clothing while the equally non-public-facing signallers across the hall from us get away with untucked shirts, no ties, comfortable pants, comfortable shoes.

There's just something about this sort of manager. In Swindon, someone got told off for removing his tie before he left the building! I'm expecting to be told off for coming in wearing my bike gear eventually. There's NOWHERE to change.

GRRR. Angry now.

theres an obvious generic type youve got there angel - the little Hitler...

My boss....well, he keeps suggesting ways to make illegal drugs instead of doing the research we discussed back in september

They are good though, my supervisors - as long as I am getting on with the work and making progress, they dont mind what I do

Originally Posted by Messie

Oh dear, basic psychology Spidey, as my current Year 12's can tell you.

Tidy desk = anally retentive character caused by fixation of instinctive driving forces in the anal stage of development! x

fingers up bum?