Why are so many bosses JERKS

[dejr_8]

It has been my experience in 12 years of working in Biotech that most bosses are big JERKS. My current boss is a screamer/yeller and one heck of a MICRO (nano!) manager

At review time, you are told you need to be more of a team player, more open to suggestions, etc etc (blah blah blah). It comes down to the old saying "Do as I say not as I do".

Is this a experience shared by people in other industries?

 

[Disney Ella]

Not fun, is it? The few times I have worked in the corporate world I have come across people like that. Try non-profit. People are much nicer - and the money is a lot less!

 

[tmt martins]

My last Boss (had him a few years age as well ) favorite saying was

Make it Happen.. We work in the field doing service and some things we just can't Make it Happen no matter what but thats what he wanted.

My new boss is an employees boss Listens to you not at you .Now you do have to remind him of things sometimes but thanks why they gave up crackberries ( I mean Blackberries) .I even took his 1 day and set him up reminders so I didn't have to pin him at all.

 

[Disney Doll]

I feel very fortunate because, with the exception of one who was a jerk, I have had great bosses.

But I do hear horror stories form others, and think

 

[minkydog]

I feel very fortunate because, with the exception of one who was a jerk, I have had great bosses.

But I do hear horror stories form others, and think

I know what you mean. I have a wonderful supervisor who is very supportive of my family needs. When my DH got sick, she made sure I got a computer in my home so I could continue to work since I couldn't leave him. I have no complaints about her, but I had a boss about 20 yrs ago that was really Simon LeGree--I still have nightmares about her

 

[Caradana]

I feel very fortunate because, with the exception of one who was a jerk, I have had great bosses.

But I do hear horror stories form others, and think

Pretty similar to my situation. Quick recap of Caradana's bosses:

1. "The Chronic Smoker". Nice guy, foreign, spent at least five of the eight hours in the outdoor smoking pagoda. I used to drop presentations down to him from the second floor window for review.

2. "The Charming Wonderful Manager." Cuddly, easygoing, immaculately organized. Not the world's brightest, but who cares? My stepfather died in my first week of work, and she gave me two weeks paid and sent a fruit basket full of pineapples. An angel.

3. "The Bright Ex-Military Mother of Two." No one had her stuff together like this woman. Gave me the nicest performance review of my life. Two adorable sons and left after the birth of the second. I cried. Will be writing one of my grad school recommendations.

4. "Razor Sharp, Political Genius, Clearly Going Big Places." See #6.

5. "The Rabidly Pro-Americana Turk" from my trading floor days. Very smart, unfailingly courteous, provided absolutely no direction whatsoever as to the job or job requirements, but again, unfailingly courteous. He liked my Americanishness (blonde hair, preppy, love sports) and picked up my slang (after a week of exposure to me, he started greeting senior executives with "What's Happenin?") Meanwhile, he hated hated HATED protests as he felt Americans took freedom for granted. The Republican National Convention came through town, Democrats protested in front of our building, and he tried to pour water on one of them. He yelled at them through our safety-latched window. He was a treasure in terms of "good boss stories to tell your friends."

6. "Razor Sharp, Political Genius, Clearly Going Big Places." She recruited me back when she got a tremendous promotion at our current firm. SUCH A ROCK STAR. Great strategic vision, very well-maintained, good grasp of corporate structure, politically smooth and astute, provides wonderful air cover and treats us with dignity and respect. And totally went to bat for us during bonus time. BEST EVER.

Raising a glass to great bosses!

 

[bsnyder]

I"ve had a number of fabulous bosses as well. And a couple of real stinkers.

Had a Chronic Smoker Boss like Dana. I think 3 of my 4 annual performance reviews were actually conducted standing with him in the parking garage next to the trashcan. He was also a hell of a salesman and thought of everything in terms of quid pro quo - I learned a lot from him.

Best boss without question was my last one. I had worked with him (not for him) for many years, and he asked me to join his team when he was hired to be the president at a start-up bank. Risky move, because he was also a very close friend socially (married a life-long friend, I was in their wedding). But I also knew that he was hard working, smart, ambitious, very fair, and easy to work with. And fun. We had a lot of laughs. I see him often, but I still miss the office relationship I had with him.

The worst was a guy my husband dubbed "pencil neck" (he has a really long, thin neck). An arrogant jerk who was in way over his head. Luckily, I didn't agonize too long over the decision to cut my losses and move on.

 

[Stacerita]

I once had a henious supervisor who was soooo mean. She would yell and scream and tell people to "shut up" and was just unprofessional. She was also very sneaky and not all that ethical. She was seeing another worker in our office and always giving her special treatment and what not. I told the director I wanted nothing to do with her and would only report to her. But she still mad things miserable. I had enough and quit. When I told her I was done she said there was no where for me to go since she knew everyone in the biz. Well, I told her I didn't give a rats behind and I would fold shirts at the Gap if i had to as long as I didn't have to work for her!

 

[tmt martins]

Another thing is we use accros for everything (just like here on the boards ) So 1 step above us CSR (customer service engineer)I service production color copiers,were CSS (customer service specialist) .

We had 1 that no one liked he was not good at his job and belittled everyone to pump himself up.

So we're sitting in a national conference call to rename there division and as I know he likes to steal and toot his own horn I write some stuff on a peice of paper.he looks over and I write AREA SUPPORT SPECIALIST as they are supporting more of an area as to a group now.

Well he hollers out and interupts the call with a big ole I think we should be call area support specialist .Me and my other co-worker just start laughing as dead silence comes across the phone .Then the head of our comp.says do you really want to be called an
*** (area support specialist).

We said to each other we had been calling him that for a while boy was it bad until he retired.