Comments on: On a scale of 1 to 10, how dysfunctional is your boss? http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/ Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-818 Michelle Goodman Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:20:36 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-818 oh. my. god. just when i think it can't get any better/worse. i love when people are so awful that their reputation precedes them, even in death!! thanks for sharing, olivia. you certainly are not a "selfish girl." oh. my. god. just when i think it can’t get any better/worse. i love when people are so awful that their reputation precedes them, even in death!! thanks for sharing, olivia. you certainly are not a “selfish girl.”

]]> By: Olivia http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-817 Olivia Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:15:08 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-817 When I went in to tell my boss I was pregnant (I was 31 years old) - he yelled at me at the top of his lungs and called me a "SELFISH GIRL". Also, he would regularly say things like "how about a head job today Olivia". I was really over being good humoured about it. I was meant to report to him first thing in the mornings to discuss the day's workflow, and he didn't appreciate that I refused to do it - merely because the thought of having to receive insults and sarcasm just after my morning coffee every day made me feel nauseas. I was very good at my work, but my work and self esteem began to suffer, in fact it took quite a while return. What astounds me is that his next PA got along with him extremely well and occasionally told him where to go - why couldn't I be ilke that? But then, why should I need to? He passed away last year of cancer. I was sad for his family, and when I told people about it they said, "ok he's dead but it doesn't make him any less of an asshole" - so if you're a boss out there, learn to be respectful and fair - it will maintain good work productivity in your people, and save people one day spitting on your grave . When I went in to tell my boss I was pregnant (I was 31 years old) - he yelled at me at the top of his lungs and called me a “SELFISH GIRL”. Also, he would regularly say things like “how about a head job today Olivia”. I was really over being good humoured about it.

I was meant to report to him first thing in the mornings to discuss the day’s workflow, and he didn’t appreciate that I refused to do it - merely because the thought of having to receive insults and sarcasm just after my morning coffee every day made me feel nauseas. I was very good at my work, but my work and self esteem began to suffer, in fact it took quite a while return.

What astounds me is that his next PA got along with him extremely well and occasionally told him where to go - why couldn’t I be ilke that? But then, why should I need to?

He passed away last year of cancer. I was sad for his family, and when I told people about it they said, “ok he’s dead but it doesn’t make him any less of an asshole” - so if you’re a boss out there, learn to be respectful and fair - it will maintain good work productivity in your people, and save people one day spitting on your grave .

]]> By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-774 Michelle Goodman Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:20:04 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-774 wow, each story more scary than the next. love those undermedicated types. thx for this one, judy. wow, each story more scary than the next. love those undermedicated types. thx for this one, judy.

]]> By: Judy http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-772 Judy Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:10:43 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-772 I had a boss who hired me with the understanding that I was in school (it was an academic job and the job was at the same school I attended). One day he called me into his office and said that I had to be a graduate student. I reminded him that he'd hired me knowing I was still undergrad and that I wasn't going to graduate for another year (I went back to school in my 30s). He acted like he didn't hear me and again insisted that I somehow become a grad student immediately. I told him that would be impossible. I mean, WTF?!? He then told me that since I couldn't manage this small feat, I was looking at a 10k pay cut. Then he screamed at me for a while. I sobbed. Shortly thereafter he was busted for putting hookers on the payroll and embezzling money out of our funding. He was fired, but because academia is completely nuts, he stayed on payroll for another couple years and even threatened to sue! I had a boss who hired me with the understanding that I was in school (it was an academic job and the job was at the same school I attended). One day he called me into his office and said that I had to be a graduate student. I reminded him that he’d hired me knowing I was still undergrad and that I wasn’t going to graduate for another year (I went back to school in my 30s). He acted like he didn’t hear me and again insisted that I somehow become a grad student immediately. I told him that would be impossible. I mean, WTF?!?

He then told me that since I couldn’t manage this small feat, I was looking at a 10k pay cut. Then he screamed at me for a while. I sobbed. Shortly thereafter he was busted for putting hookers on the payroll and embezzling money out of our funding. He was fired, but because academia is completely nuts, he stayed on payroll for another couple years and even threatened to sue!

]]> By: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-685 Michelle Goodman Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:48:10 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-685 WOW, xina. wow. thx for that. and, at least the #@$%^&* got fired in the end. not that i'm vindictive or anything, ha. WOW, xina. wow. thx for that. and, at least the #@$%^&* got fired in the end. not that i’m vindictive or anything, ha.

]]> By: xina http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-683 xina Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:01:24 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/01/02/on-a-scale-of-1-to-10-how-dysfunctional-is-your-boss/#comment-683 i had a socially inept freak of a manager (who never should have been a manager but was promoted due to his relationship with the regional manager) who would talk loudly on his phone so everyone could hear. it was especially annoying as he forced me to move my office so my office would be next to his. one day he's having this loud conversation about how he's sick and tired of women he's dating telling him he's nice. he says, "maybe i should start punching them in the face and then they'd stop calling me nice." needless to say i was horrified and walked into his office and told him i could hear him and i didn't think it was funny (not to mention almost everyone who reported to him was female) and he FREAKS out on me and starts screaming about how it's none of my business etc. long story short i reported the incident to HR. he got fired. unfortunately, soon after, i was laid off. a bit after that the idiot who hired him was also fired - so that was something. i had a socially inept freak of a manager (who never should have been a manager but was promoted due to his relationship with the regional manager) who would talk loudly on his phone so everyone could hear. it was especially annoying as he forced me to move my office so my office would be next to his. one day he’s having this loud conversation about how he’s sick and tired of women he’s dating telling him he’s nice. he says, “maybe i should start punching them in the face and then they’d stop calling me nice.” needless to say i was horrified and walked into his office and told him i could hear him and i didn’t think it was funny (not to mention almost everyone who reported to him was female) and he FREAKS out on me and starts screaming about how it’s none of my business etc.

long story short i reported the incident to HR. he got fired. unfortunately, soon after, i was laid off. a bit after that the idiot who hired him was also fired - so that was something.

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