Today my boss tore into me. To the point I felt threatened.

[Anonymous]

Wait it out. Next time he calls you into his office don't let him close the door. Sorry this happened. Some people are unstable and it's best to avoid them.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Wait it out. Next time he calls you into his office don't let him close the door. Sorry this happened. Some people are unstable and it's best to avoid them.


+ 1. For what it's worth, it sounds like he has other demons, like alcohol.

[Anonymous]

I would personally go into his office super early, unplug his computer. Next, lower the height of all his chairs. Remove the cable wire from his phone. Continue w said antics til he completely goes beserk, and is taken away by the police!

[Anonymous]

Bring your phone and record your next interaction, if you can't have a third party present.
Document this last interaction.
Avoid him at all costs.
If you enjoy your job- make this work until December. it's tempting to want a pound of flesh after being treated in such a way, but not worth it.

Just curious- are you both men?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a similar experience. Fed office. Reported it to EEO and HR. They couldn't have cared less.

From their perspective, he is already on the way out. The problem is going to solve itself. Nothing to be gained by doing something about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would personally go into his office super early, unplug his computer. Next, lower the height of all his chairs. Remove the cable wire from his phone. Continue w said antics til he completely goes beserk, and is taken away by the police!

At one point I worked in a small office (just under 10 people) with a boss who was an actual sociopath. We had weekly meetings. Boss always sat at the head of the table. One day I went into our conference room and raised all the chairs in it, but lowered the chair at the head of the table. So we were all extra tall and he was extra short. Boss blamed it on the cleaning people. Never suspected me. It gave us all a good two to three days of smiles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait it out. Next time he calls you into his office don't let him close the door. Sorry this happened. Some people are unstable and it's best to avoid them.


+ 1. For what it's worth, it sounds like he has other demons, like alcohol.

I was thinking maybe cocaine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would personally go into his office super early, unplug his computer. Next, lower the height of all his chairs. Remove the cable wire from his phone. Continue with said antics til he completely goes berserk, and is taken away by the police!

At one point I worked in a small office (just under 10 people) with a boss who was an actual sociopath. We had weekly meetings. Boss always sat at the head of the table. One day I went into our conference room and raised all the chairs in it, but lowered the chair at the head of the table. So we were all extra tall and he was extra short. Boss blamed it on the cleaning people. Never suspected me. It gave us all a good two to three days of smiles.

That's pretty funny!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would personally go into his office super early, unplug his computer. Next, lower the height of all his chairs. Remove the cable wire from his phone. Continue with said antics til he completely goes berserk, and is taken away by the police!

At one point I worked in a small office (just under 10 people) with a boss who was an actual sociopath. We had weekly meetings. Boss always sat at the head of the table. One day I went into our conference room and raised all the chairs in it, but lowered the chair at the head of the table. So we were all extra tall and he was extra short. Boss blamed it on the cleaning people. Never suspected me. It gave us all a good two to three days of smiles.

That's pretty funny!

It is incredibly childish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would personally go into his office super early, unplug his computer. Next, lower the height of all his chairs. Remove the cable wire from his phone. Continue with said antics til he completely goes berserk, and is taken away by the police!

At one point I worked in a small office (just under 10 people) with a boss who was an actual sociopath. We had weekly meetings. Boss always sat at the head of the table. One day I went into our conference room and raised all the chairs in it, but lowered the chair at the head of the table. So we were all extra tall and he was extra short. Boss blamed it on the cleaning people. Never suspected me. It gave us all a good two to three days of smiles.

That's pretty funny!

It is incredibly childish.

Says the unliked boss, probably.

[Anonymous]

^^^ I think it's funny, but only when it's reserved for The Office. These are classic Jim and Dwight pranks. I can't imagine anyone seriously recommending getting back at the boss that way. Isn't it easier to focus that energy on looking for a new job rather than lowering chairs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would personally go into his office super early, unplug his computer. Next, lower the height of all his chairs. Remove the cable wire from his phone. Continue with said antics til he completely goes berserk, and is taken away by the police!

At one point I worked in a small office (just under 10 people) with a boss who was an actual sociopath. We had weekly meetings. Boss always sat at the head of the table. One day I went into our conference room and raised all the chairs in it, but lowered the chair at the head of the table. So we were all extra tall and he was extra short. Boss blamed it on the cleaning people. Never suspected me. It gave us all a good two to three days of smiles.

That's pretty funny!

It is incredibly childish.

Oh, whatever. Sometimes silly shit like this gets you through the day.

[Anonymous]

My sympathies, OP. I had a similar thing happen at a previous job, when my boss was demoted from head of the office, but refused to leave. He took his loss of power very personally and started treating all the women in the office like we were his pals/best friends. Except he has no social skills and apparently his idea of being friends was touching all the women and sitting really close, etc. I put up with it for months until an intern came to me and said he'd taken her and the male intern to lunch- while sitting at the lunch counter, he put his hand on her thigh. I reported him to the new boss and he went ballistic. Sexual-harassing-ex-boss had headed out on vacation right before the intern talked to me, and they did a whole investigation while he was gone, then fired him on his first day back. Haven't laid eyes on him since.

I'd just stick it out until he leaves. At least this asshole is leaving. And document document document. I like a PP's idea of recording him if this every happens again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^ I think it's funny, but only when it's reserved for The Office. These are classic Jim and Dwight pranks. I can't imagine anyone seriously recommending getting back at the boss that way. Isn't it easier to focus that energy on looking for a new job rather than lowering chairs?

Looking for a new job takes time, effort, focus, etc, and there may not be any results from the effort.
Lower boss's chair: 10 seconds, and, possibly a lifetime of laughs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^ I think it's funny, but only when it's reserved for The Office. These are classic Jim and Dwight pranks. I can't imagine anyone seriously recommending getting back at the boss that way. Isn't it easier to focus that energy on looking for a new job rather than lowering chairs?

Looking for a new job takes time, effort, focus, etc, and there may not be any results from the effort.
Lower boss's chair: 10 seconds, and, possibly a lifetime of laughs.

Amen. No harm done, simply a silly stress reliever.