The Really Bad Boss Blog Roundup

I am a server at a restaurant on St.Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. I was just fired.
The night before last I was confronted by a group of people who treated me worse than I had ever been treated in my entire life. They spoke down to me like I was a dog. They were unbelievably rude, and disrespectful to me, my co-workers, and the business I work for. I went to my Manager over, and OVER again throughout the night. She did nothing, which is the normal reaction for managers there. I was Very nice to the group no matter how disgusting they treated me, even to the point of calling them a cab at the end of the night with a smile. Once I found out this was a company, I spoke to the manager about taking action to let their company know how they were treating people, and how they were representing the company they worked for. She told me nothing will be done, and that I should do nothing. I couldn’t believe that the company I worked for hadn’t stood up for me, and wouldn’t have my back if I wanted to stand up for myself. After I was off the clock at my home, I emailed the company that the people worked for. I didn’t say where I worked or my name. I told them how I was treated by a group of people representing their company. The next day I was told I was taken off the schedule and to report to human resources. This is the recording from that meeting.
http://youtu.be/duep_LuTu7k

I work for a man who waits for me to walk to the printer, calls my phone and then bellows at me when I don’t answer. He then screams me into his office about the importance of having my bum in the chair at all times – then tells me he wanted an ashtray, where is it? 

Alexis Sweda is a meth addict and a thief.  When I worked with her she never came in on time or at all.  Her “boyfriend” stole from Hospice (for a co-worker that lost a parent), she stole from the boss, she lies, she is in DART (program for users)….AND she still has a job?????? I get fired because of the lies she told the owner about me and she stays???? Do I have no rights in New York State? I was there. I worked. I never stole. And that girl stays??? I feel bad for the girl that works with her now….i still talk to my friends there. they say she is doomed if she stays. DO NOT WORK ALEXIS SWEDA!!!! she is awful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! get off the drugs!!

Thought you’d like to know, I’m posting your submission as part of today’s post.

Hey, what about a psychologist who is a flaming Borderline!  She promised us the world in this private practice, then turned on us in a public meeting and tried to disembowel us all because we “embarrassed” her in front of a couple of nurses.  We didn’t even know what was going on.  We both have over 20 years experience apiece as therapists, but this greenhorn decided to tell us both that we didn’t have any skills.  Okay.  We were ready to resign and she laid us off.  Good for her reputation, but we are both stil reeling over the viciousness of her attack.  Go figure.

I, too, have a great Boss now.  He can retire any day now.  When he leaves, I am leaving.  We have backstabbers, haters and upper management that are a trip.  My Good, positive Boss hints that he might retire in a year or so.  So I guess I need to start looking?  Upper management at this time is not supportive of our Team.  Should I stay and stick it out, or leave when my good Boss leaves!

Upper management needs to understand that if they are not supportive of their Managers and Staff, especially the “good workers” who really do the work, then the whole team or group will fall and crumble.  The workers, especially the “good workers” are the “backbone” of the team, group or company. All workers should be appreciated and respected by upper management; not “micro managed” criticized and disrepected.

sadsap, I sooooo can relate. Nothing’s worse than a bad boss who wants you to do her dirty work for her…

My boss is in bed with a bunch of folks in state government to provide training for minority business owners so that they can obtain jobs from same government unit. My boss is being paid a fee from the government to provide the training. That in itself would be fine. But, my boss is also selling these trainees commissioned products with the caveat that these clients have to take loans from this “said govt entity” in order to get the jobs the government is earmarking for minority inclusion. And guess who will be administering the “loans”/payments for jobs? My boss! It all smells very bad to me. Of course, everyone around him as far as employees, who are all part time women (and not of color, ironically) fawn over him —pick up his laundry, fetch his meals, and generally are painfully eager to please and insecure (a type often paired with bad or incompetent bosses ). None of the employees have any real competency in the field in which the commissioned products are being sold. On the surface the “boss” appears rather innocuous, but when asked for specific guidance on anything – even a routine task he appears unable to articulate how he wants it done and then he turns the focus back and acts as though his employees are “naive” and uninformed when the task is not completed as he directed. He also cannot write an intelligible sentence, not surprisingly. And to top it off he seems to live on candy, cookies, MacDonalds and liquor. In any interaction with him he does a lot of stammering and sales speak and can’t give any real detail in answer to questions or requests for the simplest of direction. So, mind reading is then a job requirement. I’d be doing something a lot more lucrative if clairvoyance was in my skill set. It’s all very unnerving…..and I hate working there. Every day I feel dirty and am desperately looking for somewhere else to work.

Where are the honest employers? AHHHHHHHHH! And the amazing thing is that so many people believe they are doing good things for themselves and their clients….and they are not unethical! What I’ve heard from the last 3 people I’ve worked for was “don’t be naive…this is how everyone does business…if you don’t bend the rules a little you’ll never survive”. You know, there’s bending and there’s breaking—but, the line is obviously blurred for those who are ethically challenged.

Thanks for your comment. One of the hallmarks of a bad boss is insecurity, which your boss seems to be displaying in spades. He probably will eventually lose with his attitude, but you don’t sit around waiting for it. Start looking for a better job today, before things get unbearable. In the meantime, hang in there!

Beware of Matthew Everhart. He will make management think he is a god, while he treats the underlings like dogs. If you’re good at your job, you are considered a threat to Matthew Everhart. He likes the screwups, they cause him no threat. Matthew Everhart will use the least productive workers to make the high producers fail. Matthew Everhart works in the pharma field for Phziser. Watch your back if he’s your boss! Matthew Everhart is a narcissist ideologue. Matthew Everhart should never be in management and hopefully he hasn’t hurt too many good workers!

I have never met a good manager. I don’t think they exist.
My latest manager is sly, manipulative and lazy. She is the postman who runs to the upper management gets instructions for the next project, misunderstands them then comes to tell me what to do. You might have guessed I work in a bureaucracy where preserving the hierarchy is as important as in the Vatican.

My 1st job was a law firm in philadelphia and every day for four years I was cursed at, screamed, called fat amogst other things and was humiliated on a daily basis. When they found out I was taking bipolar medication I told to stop taking it or I was fired… I stopped taking it and was let go anyway.

Thank God you got out of your situation and found a good one. Micro managers are probably one of the worst kind of bad bosses. I've had some even go around checking our trashcans to make sure we weren't eating at our desks and checking our legs to make sure we were wearing pantyhose!! All because, they say, they wanted the office to look “more professional.” Isn't that awful!!

At my last job, my boss was a micro-managing know-it-all who, in reality, knew little to nothing about what our jobs entailed. When I finally couldn't take the sound of his breathing behind me anymore, I found a new – and better – position with another company. My new boss is amazing. She's ALWAYS available if you have questions, but she doesn't micro-manage. She gives you the laundry list of what needs done and sends you on your way. Finishing your tasks is your responsibility. I swear I'll cry if she ever leaves.