Bad Managers

[Zarrix]

Only being young and thus having not reached the upper echelons of the work cycle, I have already experienced my fair share of horrible managers. I have had my fair share of skirmishes with this absolute b**** of a manager in recent months, because of stubborness and favouritism.

What are your worst experiences in regard to workplace bosses and managers?

 

[Barry Zuckercorn]

Keep at it, keep your head down and one day, if you're lucky, you'll have a manager like:

 

[HFC082]

Amab

 

[Bombers_Forever]

I have had some pretty bad managers - most of them are just purely selfish.........they take the credit for everyone's work and everything is all about them. They never actually congratulate you or thank you for the work you do either. Most managers I know have this great sense of "power" and too many think they can bully you because of it.

Probably the worst one I had would turn up late to work constantly and yet if anyone else was late, he would yell at you.

 

[magic_johnson!]

lazy ****. especially 20-25yo fast food managers.

 

[Zarrix]

lazy ****. especially 20-25yo fast food managers.

The manager mentioned in the OP is only 18 years old... Shits me.

 

[magic_johnson!]

The manager mentioned in the OP is only 18 years old... Shits me.

shit...where!?
they must think they are like king

 

[emuboy]

Some people just don't seem to make good managers or supervisors. At a job I had years ago in a large office a girl was deservedly promoted to a supervisory role after being a star performer in the two roles she had held with the company to this stage. She was bright, intelligent and helpful, she had a proven track record within the company, wanted the promotion and was studying part time to improve her career.
That was until she got the promotion. From there on, it was like she had permanent PMS. She wasn't my supervisor (thankfully), but having to approach her was near impossible. Supervising clearly wasn't her thing, and she eventually found another job and left.

I found supervising people hard at first, but learned to handle it and now like it. It doesn't mean that it doesn't get stressful at times though!

 

[ep2018]

Most managers I've worked with are lazy shits.

But even the ones who do work still treat you like shit, steal etc. It must be a power thing.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

I was incredibly naive as a kid. Working in supermarkets I quickly made enemies from my peers as I worked hard.

<Snip> Long Story </Snip>

I'm only learning now that 90% of stuff is politics. IT doesn't matter how good you are at your job (indeed I've seen people promoted when they are allready out of their depth), only how well you are 'seen' to be done.

I even had a boss give a terrible performance review, as I was up for promotion and would have leapfrogged him. I was told to pick up my performance and I'd get "the next one" - yet I'd been the clear department leader for months. I ran into the same guy now (about 10 years later) - he's working in the same position he was back then. His peers are all 18/19 yo kids.

Every promotion I've won, my biggest selling point has been either work ethic, current performance, or innovation. Many I've missed, has gone to someone less qualified, or with worse performance, but universally they have been friends of the boss (3 were actually sleeping with the boss - not really an option for me).

 

[Hlebalicious]

3 were actually sleeping with the boss - not really an option for me.

Are you sure about that? maybe u should've looked into it

Ive been lucky that ive had decent managers for my working life so far, helps that my girlfriend manages where i work currently (so yes i am also sleeping with the manager lol)

 

[Macca19]

Ive generally had good managers but complete ******** owners. Current job is fine but my previous jobs have all been like that. Owners who rock up for an hour a week, grumpy as **** despite the fact they are earning $30k+ a week without doing anything, try and change everything around in that hour ('we need to streamline things more' is always a popular one) and then rock up next week grumpier than **** because they made less money that week thanks to the ridiculous changes they made making work confusing, tedious and anything but 'streamlining'. The owners at my current job are well involved and good, but my manager is the single laziest person ive ever encountered in my life.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

One was married to the boss. One married the boss a short time later. The third was caught in the boss's office about two months later.

It was a little tongue-in-cheek.