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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.

What others think

  • 85% Boss is a Prick
  • 10% Sounds Bad
  • 5% Stop Complaining
  • 20 Ratings

Likes making women cry

I worked for an International Golf Club in Bonville NSW Australia. The manager was an absolute arsehole that got off by making his female staff cry. I had on several occassions witnessed females in tears after being abused by this power tripping arsehole. These women were too afraid to do ...

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Posted: September 20, 2006 | Boss Type: The Tyrant | Industry: International Golf Club |

What others think

  • 83% Boss is a Prick
  • 11% Sounds Bad
  • 5% Stop Complaining
  • 18 Ratings

Unqualified Dictator

I worked in IT Operations for 30 years at the time. Unqualified manager told me I would get training to write a computer code and there was no training and I couldn't figure it out so I was demoted. The director said to me,"if you tell anyone how ...

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Posted: September 23, 2006 | Boss Type: The Tyrant | Industry: Conglomerate |

What others think

  • 88% Boss is a Prick
  • 5% Sounds Bad
  • 5% Stop Complaining
  • 17 Ratings

Broker from Hell

I worked 5 years for a Real Estate Broker from Hell.
I did all the accounting for over 100 agents and she didn't care if it took me 60 hours a week. I worked over every day to complete everything that needed done. When my Mother was in intensive ...

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Posted: September 28, 2006 | Boss Type: The Tyrant | Industry: Real Estate |

What others think

  • 30% Boss is a Prick
  • 10% Sounds Bad
  • 60% Stop Complaining
  • 10 Ratings

My friend was fired

After years of taking crap from my boss who comes in late and leaves early almost every day. From fussing about my desk being messy to stinking the office up with his old spice, I finally got a piece of revenge.

My best friend at work was recently fired, not ...

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Posted: December 2, 2006 | Boss Type: The Tyrant | Industry: Medical |

What others think

  • 81% Boss is a Prick
  • 3% Sounds Bad
  • 15% Stop Complaining
  • 131 Ratings

My Boss is an 455h0l3

What a prick! This guy has repeatedly called my house on a Sunday and exploded about some issue at work. He calls up, yells and swears and makes sure that we have as shitty a weekend as totally possible. He is the most unprofessional piece of human excrement I have ...

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Posted: September 2, 2007 | Boss Type: The Tyrant | Industry: Web Development |

What others think

  • 66% Boss is a Prick
  • 11% Sounds Bad
  • 22% Stop Complaining
  • 9 Ratings

The She-Bitch

I have a very nice boss over my particular department at a university; however, the President of the college is a royal bitch. She cut out all staff holidays, cut back on any pay raises, yet she takes lots of time off. Even when a hurricane blew through and knocked ...

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Posted: July 25, 2007 | Boss Type: The Tyrant | Industry: Academia |

What others think

  • 70% Boss is a Prick
  • 20% Sounds Bad
  • 10% Stop Complaining
  • 10 Ratings

Two-faced bigot

I guess I have to take credit/blame for not figuring out this guy wasn't who he claimed to be. All kinds of promises and talk of bonuses, profit sharing, and even suggested that he would get me a membership into his country club. Within one week I discovered ...

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Posted: January 30, 2007 | Boss Type: The Tyrant |

What others think

  • 84% Boss is a Prick
  • 0% Sounds Bad
  • 15% Stop Complaining
  • 13 Ratings

Psycho making me Psycho

My boss had just help me get a transfer for a change in job title. I am going from being a classroom slave...ah I mean..teacher - to a different. more relaxed teaching position. She had just finished praising me and telling me that she helped me get the job ...

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Posted: July 26, 2007 | Boss Type: The Tyrant | Industry: Teacher |