What is the worst boss that you've had?
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I did a stint at Detroit Water and Sewerage. The "woman" I worked for there was a micro manager in the extreme, always playing games for favors and power, and, oh yeah, didn't bathe for 3 straight months. I came close to throwing up in the garbage can just about every day.
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I did a stint at Detroit Water and Sewerage ... The "woman" I worked for didn't bathe for 3 straight months.
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
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Crap... maybe its the same
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
I did a stint at Detroit Water and Sewerage ... The "woman" I worked for didn't bathe for 3 straight months.
How could you tell?
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I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesTrust me when I say there was a VERY distinct difference. The sewage was more pleasent to be around.
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Dave KreskowiakClose, but no. Anyway, the one I mentioned here was far worse.
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lol :)
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
Most of my ex-bosses were good, except one that carried a book title "Biblical Erracy". He once tried to force me to create a class in JavaScript. He never understood the main purpose of technology. His bosses thought he was responsible for everything that is going well in the development department until i resigned , after 3 Months of resignation he had to resign because i was doing everything that made him look as if he was doing well. And that too led the company to pay me consultant fees to keep the company going until they find a new developer.
Vuyiswa Maseko, Spoted in Daniweb-- Sorry to rant. I hate websites. They are just wierd. They don't behave like normal code. C#/VB.NET/ASP.NET/SQL7/2000/2005/2008 http://www.vuyiswamaseko.com vuyiswa@its.co.za http://www.itsabacus.co.za/itsabacus/
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I'm looking at who's posting, checking to see if anybody who works for me has posted. So far so good.
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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:laugh: (BTW: They know they'll be fired) :-D
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
I come from a industry of really bad bosses. After school I worked in the restaurant industry for a whole 6 years. Partime studying inbetween. The bosses I've had ever since becoming a programmer is a breeze in the park comparing. I've always done my job and in the 4 years of working havn't had even a small resentment towards one. Its been smooth sailing all the way. Then again, my job is really a breeze. I can work on a single project in my company for up to 2-3 years. Maybe I'm just blessed in that way.
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I come from a industry of really bad bosses. After school I worked in the restaurant industry for a whole 6 years. Partime studying inbetween. The bosses I've had ever since becoming a programmer is a breeze in the park comparing. I've always done my job and in the 4 years of working havn't had even a small resentment towards one. Its been smooth sailing all the way. Then again, my job is really a breeze. I can work on a single project in my company for up to 2-3 years. Maybe I'm just blessed in that way.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." << please vote!! >>
Restaurant bosses are pretty bad. Usually a combo of incompetence, severe alcoholism and barely restrained violence. Most of the ones I knew were probably on their way to jail.
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
Worst is to pick from a long line of bad ones. Some who didn't know how to manage, some who I was physically afraid of. Some who couldn't figure out a goal. BUT... My worst, I think, was a guy named 'J.R.'. I was working for him buying and selling gold, jewelry, and coins. He went through secretaries at about one a day. I came back from lunch once to be told a story of how he had thrown his latest one out physically. She had sent a package via Insured mail instead of Express. Most of the time secretaries would work up to lunch and then not come back. He was stealing from the government (I was pretty sure), from his former partners (who were willing to sign a quit-claim to get out), customers, and eventually he decided to steal from me (pulling amounts out of my paycheck when he thought I'd made some error). I think I haven't had worse. I worked for him for one month and once we got to the stage where he was taking something out of my paycheck I quit. I watched him start an argument with a customer over some little thing that shouldn't have even generated an argument. When the guy stormed out, and my boss stormed to his office, one of my co-workers turned to me and said "there goes a guy worth 13 million bucks, I think we could have sold him a lot of stuff based on what I know his interests to be". He also had an issue with turning in accurate reports to the police when we'd buy stuff over the counter from people. I would put down an accurate description of a ring, and he'd tear it up and make me write "gold ring" or something like that. He didn't want the cops coming around and looking it over to see if it was stolen. I compare every boss I have against him; and although some have really tried to take the place of "worst" I'm still convinced he was the worst. He went out of business about a month after I left. :jig:
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Restaurant bosses are pretty bad. Usually a combo of incompetence, severe alcoholism and barely restrained violence. Most of the ones I knew were probably on their way to jail.
_____________________________ Give a man a mug, he drinks for a day. Teach a man to mug...
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
My worst, and only, boss has been me.
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
Almost all my 100 or so bosses were duds. They were all about getting projects out on time, productivity gains, testing and budgets. Boring! None of them were in it for the fun. None could write decent software even if it was to save their souls. Or maybe they had already sold their souls to the god of corporate conformity. The ones I liked were inevitably fired. The best software that I constructed was done when I was my own boss.
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
My present one. Don't get me wrong, he's a nice bloke. But when your boss thinks you come to work because "you like it" and not because it pays the bills then I think he's not from this planet. Create a sentence that includes the words "piss up" and "brewery" and that the sort of boss I have. I've even told him I'd be happier stacking shelves in a supermarket than working for him and he still doesn't get it that I hate the f***ing job! :doh:
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
I've had some losers, but, for the most part, no one picks on me. This might be part of bringing up, casually in conversation, that "I've Found A Hit Man To Be Cheaper Than A Lawyer, and More Reliable, Too."
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
my worst boss was shafeeque, who worked in anti-virus company. he was such a pain that entire team was fed up of him. he caused several team members to leave because of his ego, his deep rooted frustration, his inferiority complex, and what not. Pity was that, company never paid attention to increasing complaints, saying that he deliveres the project, which is all that matters for them. deepak
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I have been "blessed" with the fact that I can say that I've only had 2 bad bosses. First one was actually only annoying, but the second one was the whole enchilada. He was bipolar, treated people like slaves (he is french, we are from a third world country so he thought less of us), liar, cheater, hypocrite, never lived to his promises, micro manager, annoying and the list goes on and on. What else can you ask for? What about you?
His name is J. Roloff. He now works as a programmer somewhere in San Francisco. Printing coupons or something. The guy was such a poor developer/manager. He ended up firing me within his first year and after I had been successful at the company for 7 1/2 years. His reason: I did not follow his wrong advice on writing a specific MS SQL Server stored procedure. Such as loser. However, I did end up as an executive in another company.
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"You can't hire 9 pregnant women to have a baby in 1 month". That's what I always say when a boss realizes that the deadline is impossible and they just add new resources. It just doesn't work that way.