Testimonies: Best and worst bosses 58 Articles

by Heinz Sladek

After working for the better part of 20 years, I have had many experiences with bosses. Some were good, some were not so good, and some were down an outright certifiable. One of the things that I have found to make up a go...read more

by Daniel Vincent

The Cliche Boss A couple of years ago a friend of mine was venting about his boss. The thing that drove my friend crazy was that, like many managers out there, his boss managed by cliche. For example, he would berate...read more

by Linda Shortell

Judy was the best boss I ever had. She was one of the owners of a construction company. She dressed and looked like a movie star. People stared at her wherever we went. She was not just beautiful on the outside. She was al...read more

by Dr Sal Levy

I once used to work as a doctor in a public hospital that was led by a psychopathic boss an otherwise well-known physician, professor of medicine, and administrator. It took me quite a long time to realize that this guy w...read more

by Lavel Wideman

In my lifetime I have come across the worst and not so worst bosses. Some were cynical, some were atrocious and some were down right despicable, and you'd would wonder who in their right minds would let people like that ru...read more

by Luningning Sugbu

Most people look up to a person possessing power and authority with respect and obedience. That is what gives social order and peace in a society, but more often than not, power and authority are probably the most abused a...read more

by Kim Robinson

THE SWEET SCENT OF SKUNK She scarcely made it through high school, but struts her stuff around Kmart like she has a PhD in the retail arts. She wears shimmering blue eye shadow, which extends flawlessly to her drawn o...read more

by Judy Zabriskie

Having had many horrific bosses during my working career, when it finally became my turn to assume the position of "boss" I was determined to be a good one and this I accomplished, if I have to say so myself. Throughout m...read more

by Liane Laskoske

I once worked as a data entry clerk for a keypunch firm. The boss was an acquaintance of my father, and offered me a part time job. I was to work from 2pm to 6pm 5 days per week. Since I didn't have very good typing skills...read more

by Mengying Xie

He/she can easily make your life miserable or at least make your work days unbearable. The tragic irony is that you still don't want to make him/her an enemy no matter what a hell he/she has already made you into. He/she i...read more

by Terri Brower

I left my government job because I had a supervisor that was a "do as I say not as I do" kind of boss. She would take all kinds of time off, but expected me to NOT take off the 3 days I was entitled to for my grandfather's...read more

by Erin Knight

Throughout your working life you will encounter good and bad bosses. The good ones are irreplaceable, and the bad ones, well we'll just leave it at that. Hopefully, once you are lucky enough to find yourself employed by on...read more

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by Eric Haschert

Much to my happiness I've never had a bad boss and that is after working at over a dozen different places within my time in the field. I once had a bad boss that turned out to be misunderstood and he turned out to be a ve...read more

by M. Sollinger

Maybe is a bad thing that I can say I don't actually have much experience in regard to having bosses, I have worked mainly as a freelance or in some situations where I could not really say I had a "boss" on top of me. Neve...read more

by Kristie Theobald

I have written so much about my crap bosses, I feel it's time to write about my current and my best ever boss, Marilyn. What to tell you about Marilyn? Well, first of all, she's almost the same age as my mum, so I see h...read more

by Paul Stanway

To be honest, having a cynical and fairly resolutely Marxist position on matters of work doesn't exactly make me warm to many bosses. In my time, I've had dozens of bosses, the great majority of whom have exhibited traits...read more

by Brenda Halverson

From one extreme to the other-that would describe my experiences with bosses. The worst boss I ever had was the administrator of the medical center where I gave ten years of my life without any measurable appreciation. ...read more

by Beth Celli

I seem to have a knack for choosing jobs where the person in power is not stable. Now, that probably says something about me, but they all start off seeming so darn normal! Going back to when I first started working......read more

by Brian Fisher

I have been working since the age of 14. That's twenty one years. In all that time I had never had a boss, manager or supervisor as awful as the one I was introduced to this last year. I had complaints from day one. ...read more

by Lizbeth

The Arrogant Boss. Talk about walking out of the frying pan into the fire! I had decided to leave my job of 3 years due to a very controlling, bullying, manager, who, made our working environment hell. However, I never ...read more