Worst boss you ever had.....

[Anonymous]

Tell us about it. Make me feel better.

[Anonymous]

I was a nanny for a vice president of a huge company and her dh, a rocket scientist. He couldn't get over the fact that I read for pleasure. Seriously, when he saw me (a nanny) reading a book, he almost fainted from shock. She had eyes for my dh, then boyfriend, who was an IT person. She repeatedly came up with computer problems for him to fix. One time, she walked into her office with him. Her kids were running after, I was chasing the kids and she slammed the door shut with my man alone with her. She was obsessed with him and always talked about him. Ew. They were stingy with raises and they treated their kids like crap. I lasted a year.

[Anonymous]

Had a female boss tell me she couldn’t believe I had children because I asked some of the dumbest questions. How could I ever keep a kid alive?

I was recruited to come take this job but they had bizarre SOPs. I asked a couple clarifying questions and that was the response I got.

[Anonymous]

I got fired from two part-time jobs between age 17-20 (both were the same type of service industry establishment). At both, I’d mentioned at some point that I was majoring in XYZ in college. At the time of the firings, both bosses nastily said some variation of “I don’t know you manage to major in XYZ when you can’t even complete tasks properly here.”

[Anonymous]

Insecure, borderline incompetent, mental health issues that affected all working relationships, would throw everyone under the bus as incompetent to cover her own lack of skills and expertise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Insecure, borderline incompetent, mental health issues that affected all working relationships, would throw everyone under the bus as incompetent to cover her own lack of skills and expertise.

Unfortunately this type of manager is common.

[Anonymous]

I had a boss who called in “stressed out” for a big meeting with clients leaving me to handle it. She ran the department yet mostly shoe shopped online.

[Anonymous]

Had a 30ish type a woman boss who was mentally unstable but very smart and was put in charge of a 80 person program and would talk about other reports to each other behind their backs to stir up trouble. She also always put women down especially her own reports. Within the first year the stress got to her and she was drinking heavily after work with coworkers. One evening she attacked one of her reports who was a female and tried to have sex with her and then attacked her after following her to the bathroom as she was trying to get away. After an investigation she was found to have been trying to assault and hook up with other women subordinates. Oh and she's married to a am nwith young kids.

[Anonymous]

A narcissistic, completely selfish, dry drunk with an explosive temper and a foul mouth who liked to throw staplers and slam doors. Controlling, condescending, bullying, stingy, self indulgent, abusive. Eventually cratered their own career and those of everybody who depended on them for work.

[Anonymous]

It was great in a way, but we had a boss who was never around. This was pre-COVID, so working from home was not the norm. She had so many increasingly outlandish excuses, that we started keeping track like it was a game. Dishwasher broken…again. A fire alarm went off when I was in the shower…again. My cat is sick…for the 14th time. A random girl walked into my apartment and it was weird (not sure why this prevented you from working). On and on.

I finally called her out when she simply didn’t show up to the office, with no contact or explanation, two days in a row. Her calendar had no indication of being out, having a doctor’s appointment, or anything like that. I texted her and said, “You know, I get that you’re never here, but you at least need to tell us you’re not coming in so we don’t think you are dead in a ditch.” She immediately called and apologize. Yes, my tone was rude and unprofessional, but I was the only person she was semi-friendly with, and she clearly knew that, game over, if you pull this particular crap again, I will report you.

[Anonymous]

Mine was also as a nanny.

The dad was interviewing for some huge job and he went outside to leave and his car wouldn't start. This was pre-uber days so I offered him my 20 year old car that I kept in really clean, well maintained condition (and drove his baby around every day in). Instead of saying thank you, on the way out of the house he looked right at me and said "I can't believe I'm showing up to this interview in a suit that costs more than the car I'm driving".

They were first time parents and I stayed late one night so they could have their first date night since the baby was born. When they came home, the mom walked in first and started PROJECTILE vomiting red wine all over the house- floor, walls, entry table, an entire trail to the bathroom. Literally was like a scene from the exorcist.

I had worked for them for 11 months and hadn't taken a single day off. My regular commute was 40 mins each way. We were expecting a huge blizzard so I got up over two hours early and hit the road 1 hr 45 min before my start time. The storm got really bad about 30 mins into my drive. My driver's side windshield wiper flew off and was gone so I literally couldn't see anything. I called the mom and told her I was essentially stuck- it was already white out conditions and now I had zero visibility so I couldn't really continue on to work nor drive home, Her response was "So what do you expect us to do with the baby today?".

After 3 years with them, I got pregnant with my first which was a girl. They had two girls at that point. Over the years, I had chosen, ordered, laundered, and packed away all their girls' clothes. I packed them for trips. Always ensured they had a seasonally appropriate wardrobe in the correct sizes, the right clothes for camp, school, vacation, etc. They were done having kids one day when I was 30+ weeks pregnant and HUGE, I was leaving and the mom goes "Can you grab all the bins of girls clothes from the attic, load them in your car, and drop them at goodwill on your way home?" Didn't offer me a single thing.

[Anonymous]

Female boss told me she would never hire a female under 30 again after I informed her I was 3 months pregnant. She sucked big time

[Anonymous]

My worst boss was actually just really passive. Not mean, but totally checked out: mostly read the paper at her desk. If anything went wrong (which was often, due to lack of management) she'd ask me to handle it but she was unwilling to back up my decisions or resolve any conflicts.

I've had some pretty strict, difficult bosses but at least they had goals and made decisions.

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My boss told me to read the build back better legislation and summarize it in 1-2 hours.

It’s 1200 pages. He was serious.

[Anonymous]

Most terrible bosses are women.