What's the worst thing a boss has ever said to you?

[Anonymous]

At my first job my boss told me she didn't want me to participate in staff meetings because she didn't believe in them. She would sit there silently when asked questions but I simply couldn't just sit there and ignore the owner so I would answer and she would yell at me later. Not that the owner was some prize -- he'd search our garbage cans at night and if we threw away a rolodex card that hadn't been used on both sides we'd find it back on our desk. They were a bunch of fucking lunatics.

[Anonymous]

oh the list is too long.....

the highlights include:

I interviewed a lot of people for this job and everyone was pretty equally qualified so I went with pretty and smart.

You are not going to get anywhere in this company while I am still here.

Have you ever thought of being a stay at home mom? I think it is sad when moms return to work.

If you were a little bit shorter you might be more likeable

[Anonymous]

My boss suggested I get into a car accident so he would have an excuse for why he missed a deadline.

[Anonymous]

I had a miscarriage and my boss said "this is a bit of an inconvenient time for this." Then when I came back the next week he went "I thought you had a miscarriage???" while looking at my stomach which still resembled being 17 weeks pregnant as I was the week before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a miscarriage and my boss said "this is a bit of an inconvenient time for this." Then when I came back the next week he went "I thought you had a miscarriage???" while looking at my stomach which still resembled being 17 weeks pregnant as I was the week before.

I'm really sorry.

[Anonymous]

Interesting how almost everyone posting appears to be a woman. Would love to hear responses from men. Or do these kind s of things not really happen to men?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh can I play?

I was working at Goldman Sachs. I was an unpaid intern. I turned 21 while working there and my boss invited me for a drink. He was a VP, so conclude what income you want from that. We go have a drink, he finishes his, declares he has to go, and leaves me - the unpaid intern - with the bill.

He was a dick.

No sex?

[Anonymous]

My husband was being pressured to join a country club through his company but DH kept putting it off. The company would pay for the initial fee and any specific client entertaining/lunches/golf but if DH didn't meet that minimum spending doing that he would have to use it on his own dime. DH has a down season and knew about 4-5 months out of the year it would be us having to meet the minimum dues every month. Dh told his boss this and he went "Its 800 bucks, stop being such a typical Jew and be glad they are letting you in in the first place."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband was being pressured to join a country club through his company but DH kept putting it off. The company would pay for the initial fee and any specific client entertaining/lunches/golf but if DH didn't meet that minimum spending doing that he would have to use it on his own dime. DH has a down season and knew about 4-5 months out of the year it would be us having to meet the minimum dues every month. Dh told his boss this and he went "Its 800 bucks, stop being such a typical Jew and be glad they are letting you in in the first place."

Holy shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Don't you need to leave to let your babysitter go?'" said to me by a female boss with four children and a SAHH.

idk, she sounds thoughtful.

[Anonymous]

My boss proposed to nickname me The Gimp in an allusion to Pulp Fiction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband was being pressured to join a country club through his company but DH kept putting it off. The company would pay for the initial fee and any specific client entertaining/lunches/golf but if DH didn't meet that minimum spending doing that he would have to use it on his own dime. DH has a down season and knew about 4-5 months out of the year it would be us having to meet the minimum dues every month. Dh told his boss this and he went "Its 800 bucks, stop being such a typical Jew and be glad they are letting you in in the first place."

Holy shit.

Holy shit, indeed. I'd have raised a fuss over that.

[Anonymous]

My principal told our department she wouldn't trust her own children to us. -- teacher

[Anonymous]

I'll play!

"We need you to find a different country to transfer to... immediately. Alternatively, you could decide you no longer want to work for this firm."

[i was 5 months pregnant]

[Anonymous]

My White 50ish woman boss who was childless and the second wife of a much older man with 5 adult children - send me the picture of a baby chimpanzee nursing - when she came to know that I was applying for the daycare facility in my office so that I would be able to nurse my newborn during my breaks. She told me that breastfeeding is the grossest thing in the world.

I am a minority woman. I worked in a big name hospitality company headquartered locally that is considered a great place for working moms but that was all bullshit.