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Insensitive Freak
The jerk who passes of as my erstwhile boss laid me off stating position redundant - the jerk has never stepped out of US and does not know the kind of damage that it does in a poor country like India, where getting laid of is akin to being caught stealing ...
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Top Ten
I have too many stories so I've created a top ten list to save time...
10. Brings his kids to work sometimes
9. Plays Solitaire like a mad man
8. Surfs the internet 50% of his time at work
7. Tried to hire his wife as his secretary
6 ...
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Getting Fired on a Friday
I worked for 2 years at a Mutual Fund company doing client service. During that time the department was re-structured 12 times and the Senior Manager was replaced 4 times. I reported to 6 different supervisors and workflow processes changed at least a dozen times.
At one point we were ...
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dangerous situation
My boss sent me out to bring in shopping carts during a thunderstorm, he told me it wasn't lighning that it was just thundering.
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Boss is a liar
I have a serious problem dealing with my boss and paychecks. He typically mails the paychecks out. This is the last time I was supposed to get my paycheck:
He claims to have sent my paycheck out on a Thursday.
E-mail #1 (from me) on the following Thursday, 7 days ...
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Firing by Phone Anyone?
Self-confessional...
I was managing a team of about 15 people. We'd just taken on a huge project and it was killing us to get it done on time.
All of us were putting in 14-16 hour days with no end in sight. But on the flip side, it was ...
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Sharing his misery...
A follow up to "Parachute, Anyone???" concerning a different Boss. It's a long one.
So after leaving my old job (see www.bossbitching.com/boss/read/30 for reasons why that was a good idea) I moved to a Silicon Valley startup in Cupertino. The company had three founders ...
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Condoms vs. Contact Lens
I was hired to be a customer service rep at an online company that sold contact lenses. It was owned by a former emergency room doctor. On the side, along with a number of other things, they sold condoms. They had at least 13 websites that were all theirs, all ...
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Perks Galore
It was a small startup, and the boss also did the books. As a result, he got a lot of "perks": company-paid SUV, company-paid relocation, new home audio/visual system, and even new home furniture. But the silly kicker: a "portable hard drive" purchase revealed in a balance sheet that ...
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Such a jerk!
One day I thought of a great business idea and I was going to call it Microsoft. But then my jerk off boss stole my idea and went on to make billions of dollars. What a jerk! :p
