The Tyrant
This boss is a ruler who exercises power in a harsh, cruel manner. She (he) does not care about her (his) staff. Her (his) main goal is to get the job done. If the staff has to stay late and work in unreasonable conditions that is not an issue. The Tyrant's mantra is "the staff should be lucky that I don't fire them".
Her (his) staff hates most of these types of bosses, but the Tyrant has no idea why that is. It can happen that staff leaves in droves due to this boss and the staff makes it known that is because of the boss' attitude. Even if this happens the boss is usually in denial and blames other reasons not her (his) attitude.
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Work like a dog
I work at an advertising company where the creative director is also one of the owners. He is my boss. He thinks that not much planning needs to be done because everybody should stay late to get the work done. He comes in late to work excpecting the rest of ...
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Queen of Hell
A local thrift store clerk was caring for her aging, ill mother and had taken vacation time to care for her. The day she returned to work, I overheard her manager yelling at her. I quote, "I WISH YOUR DAMN MOTHER WOULD EITHER GET WELL OR FU*#ING DIE!" The ...
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Using the toilet
Years ago, when I worked at the research library of an international bank in New York City, our tyrant old-maid boss made us ask to go to the toilet. We had to use a euphemism: going down the hall [which was where the ladies room was].
Not one of the ...
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Who do I think I am?
So... with all of the No Child Left Behind stuff, our school like many schools are struggling to find teachers who are credentialed. Our school hired teachers last year on the stipulation that we immediately enroll in a credentialing program (so as to be in compliance). Well, a year passes ...
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She was a serial bully
In a small K-12 alternative school, we had a boss who definately fit the serial bully label. A group of us got on the internet and found this term with a vivid description. She screamed, ranted until her face would turn beet red. She constantly lied and pitted staff members ...
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made me work 14 hrs a day
I was working a sick company in India, where my bosses would make me work for 14 hours day as an Instructor. Even though my students applauded me for my skills my boss would always shrug it off.
When it came to travel out of the city, we would never ...
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The Tyrant
I work in a office of about 90 people and a year or so ago they brought a 2nd level in from another location. He had been there before 2 years before that and was a total battlax to work for, constantly firing people for no apparent reason. One day ...
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boss lady is very cruel
I do not want to work in any kind of high stress job so I thought I work in retail. When I started this job, I loved it. In fact the manager begged me to start because they needed the help. I agreed and at first this manager who swears ...
