So I had a boss, owner of the company, who was the worst of the worst.
He would gather everyone in the company at 7am om Monday morniings, so he could blather on and on for 2 hours about how everything would go so much better if we all just did things "his way." He would also berate poeple in front of everyone else.
Some quotes:
"When I walk on the jobsite, things start getting done right!"
Once he commented to me "You gave this guy a good reveiw, but I have seen him arrive late for work several times. You need to make note of these things and use them against him at review time." He never considered that perhaps I was talking to this guy when he was actually late instead of holding onto it for a year, that perhaps the guy had a reasonable excuse for being late, or that he wasn't exactly a habitual offender, some of the things I considered when I wrote his review. I had already spent 20 years in management at a different company, and my considered opinion is that you speak with an employee about issues when they occur, you don't just shove it in their file and dump it on them at annual review time.
He had an electric magnet holder attached to his office door, then he would call you in there and hit the switch under his desk so the door closed behind you. Think "Oh $hit!"
He told me once "I could do twice the job you're doing in half the time!"
Finally, I took him up on it, I'm outta here! Best job I ever quit.
I could go on and on, but I just want to say nobody should have to work in an abusive environment.
He would gather everyone in the company at 7am om Monday morniings, so he could blather on and on for 2 hours about how everything would go so much better if we all just did things "his way." He would also berate poeple in front of everyone else.
Some quotes:
"When I walk on the jobsite, things start getting done right!"
Once he commented to me "You gave this guy a good reveiw, but I have seen him arrive late for work several times. You need to make note of these things and use them against him at review time." He never considered that perhaps I was talking to this guy when he was actually late instead of holding onto it for a year, that perhaps the guy had a reasonable excuse for being late, or that he wasn't exactly a habitual offender, some of the things I considered when I wrote his review. I had already spent 20 years in management at a different company, and my considered opinion is that you speak with an employee about issues when they occur, you don't just shove it in their file and dump it on them at annual review time.
He had an electric magnet holder attached to his office door, then he would call you in there and hit the switch under his desk so the door closed behind you. Think "Oh $hit!"
He told me once "I could do twice the job you're doing in half the time!"
Finally, I took him up on it, I'm outta here! Best job I ever quit.
I could go on and on, but I just want to say nobody should have to work in an abusive environment.