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All Purpose Asshole

As noted above, we have created 5 specific boss types. The All Purpose Asshole has been created as a catchall for all of those situations that do not fall neatly into any of the above categories.

Some of the boss behaviours that fall into this category are:

Delegating all of his (her) work, but taking all of the credit for the accomplishments,
Acting pessimistic about everything - nothing that anyone does will ever work, everyone is doomed to failure
Having annoying habits such as snapping his (her) fingers when he (she) wants something
Obsessive compulsiveness

What others think

  • 6% Boss is a Prick
  • 11% Sounds Bad
  • 81% Stop Complaining
  • 171 Ratings

Working for an asshole

I was hired as Software Engineer for four months in a company. However, my boss put me in a QA position asking me to do basic testing i.e. only doing clicking with a mouse all day to the SAME program. There were no test plans. NOTHING. And the boss ...

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Posted: July 25, 2006 | Boss Type: All Purpose Asshole | Industry: Technology |

What others think

  • 15% Boss is a Prick
  • 19% Sounds Bad
  • 64% Stop Complaining
  • 76 Ratings

I worked for a half man

So this is the story....this LOSER of a boss was ultra sensitive and if you didn't stroke his balls he would cry (literally) and would contemplate firing you! No joke!!! Dumbass ends up having an affair for 2 years with a woman in my office...there were only ...

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Posted: July 27, 2006 | Boss Type: All Purpose Asshole |

What others think

  • 12% Boss is a Prick
  • 53% Sounds Bad
  • 34% Stop Complaining
  • 155 Ratings

Farting Freddy

If you saw my boss you'd think he was a good looking man. He's successful (personal wealth is around $2M) and at 36 is very accomplished. But he stinks. It's not his odor. It's his farting. He'll often let one rip in a meeting - they ...

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Posted: August 2, 2006 | Boss Type: All Purpose Asshole |

What others think

  • 22% Boss is a Prick
  • 61% Sounds Bad
  • 16% Stop Complaining
  • 36 Ratings

Creepy

This guy was horrible. He was originally from Venezuela. He had a pregnant girlfriend there (he didn't want to get married) and was cheating on her with every woman he had a chance to. His managing style was to show off how much he knew without offering any help ...

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Posted: August 9, 2006 | Boss Type: All Purpose Asshole | Industry: Programming |

What others think

  • 95% Boss is a Prick
  • 1% Sounds Bad
  • 3% Stop Complaining
  • 120 Ratings

Parachute, Anyone??

This is true, I promise. In the early 90's I worked for a small family owned software company. My boss was the son of the company founder. He was a law school grad who couldn't hack it the real world, so daddy made him a VP of the ...

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Posted: August 9, 2006 | Boss Type: All Purpose Asshole | Industry: Software |

What others think

  • 18% Boss is a Prick
  • 12% Sounds Bad
  • 69% Stop Complaining
  • 33 Ratings

my boss ?

My boss ? I really don't care, I have no job, so no boss :) YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Posted: August 9, 2006 | Boss Type: All Purpose Asshole |

What others think

  • 145% Boss is a Prick
  • 7% Sounds Bad
  • 9% Stop Complaining
  • 55 Ratings

Liar

After spending 3 plus years working for this guy, it was just the two of us, business started to go south. It was 2002 and we took a large hit in advertising clients that needed photography after 9/11. I had been doing very well at work and over the ...

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Posted: August 9, 2006 | Boss Type: All Purpose Asshole | Industry: Commercial Photography |

What others think

  • 70% Boss is a Prick
  • 22% Sounds Bad
  • 7% Stop Complaining
  • 27 Ratings

"No Social Tact"

Dave , awkward, creepy and all-around prick around the office. His ability to micro-manage surpasses his ability to silence the chatter of a room with the cold chill of his presence. He “managed” to hold the record for amazing retention numbers at losing an astonishing 1 ...

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Posted: August 9, 2006 | Boss Type: All Purpose Asshole | Industry: B2B Publising |
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