New Job- Old Bosses

I just received an offer letter for a job I interviewed for. I'm really happy. The pay is better and the benefits rock! This is the type of company that people retire from. There is one guy here who started working here before I was born. Yep, he's old but he doesn't want to give it up.

I have 2 really great bosses right now and the one I interviewed with seems very nice as well, and I got to meet his former admin who said he's a really nice guy. He even offered to allow the two of us to chat without him so she could talk about him without him being there! LoL!

This got me thinking about bosses I've had in the past. I've had some wonderful ones, but I've also had my share of shitty ones! Here are just a few that I can come up with below.



"THE HEAD UP HIS ASS" BOSS
This guy had no clue how to successfully do his job or how to delegate. He was a bigwig for a huge religious institution. When I'd ask him 3 days in advance what he needed for me to work on to get him ready for his BIG meeting on Friday, he'd look at me like I'd lost my mind! His reply was, "Friday's meeting? I'm still working on what I'm doing today! I don't have time to worry about what is going to happen in 3 days!"

Okay, that could be reasonable, except the fact that there were 5 floors, and 3 copiers; 1 which was color and they were stationed on different floors. When it came time for the meeting on Friday, guess what? He had me and 2 other admins running around gathering all of the information he needed, running up and down stairs to find out WHICH of the 3 copiers worked because he needed 25 copies STAT! It was a fiasco! When did the meeting start? 10 minutes before he demanded what he needed!


"I'M THE BOSS AND I SAID SO" BOSS
I worked as an Office Specialist for a chemical company and my office was a long narrow office with my desk, cabinets, file cabinets and counterspace in the shape of a U. At the end of the U was a window to see out into the lobby so that when visitors came through, they'd have to sign in, get a badge and if first time visitors, I'd have to set them up with a safety video.

My back was to my bosses office door, though we both had outer office doors. I'd be doing my job, which included A/P, Payroll, Ordering supplies, etc and catch a movement in the glass window in front of me. I'd turn in my chair to find my boss standing over my shoulder just watching me!

I'd ask him what he was doing and he'd ask me what I was doing. Like I was doing something that I wasn't supposed to be doing! He never wanted me to take his mail into his office and put it into his INBOX even though it was always overflowing. He liked to use it as an excuse to sneak up on me.

One time, one of the union workers asked him why he had to do something a specific way and the boss turned red in the face, balled up his fists at his side, stomped his feet and screamed... "BECAUSE I'M THE BOSS AND I SAID SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

This guy was such a kiss ass to corporate that he actually he thought he was doing the company a favor by not using the budget that was given to him. What happened? He saved the company tens of thousands of dollars, lost his job for not spending properly and put the Baltimore plant out of business! (LoL Jackass!)



THE SIRE ... .ERRR... SIGHER BOSS
This was a temp-to-hire position, and it was my understanding that this boss hired usually within 2 weeks time!

This boss sat in an office behind me. His office was long and wide (and luxuorous)! Mine was the front office reception area. He'd sit in his office all day and when asked a question by me, he'd SIGH. A long drawn out melodramatic SIGH! It wasn't like I had been there for 6 months and should know what I was doing. This was my first week; probably my first day!

I was quite amazed at how horrible it must have been to actually have to answer a question on how to do a job he hired for, but there was no training. I even asked him at one point when he got up and came in to my office,"Is it that bad"? He asked me what I meant, and I told him, "Every time I ask you a question, you sigh loudly, so I figure life must be pretty bad for you!"

When I met with him for the interview, I told him that I had an out-of-state dental appointment 2 weeks after the start date. He was fine with this. Until the day before when I reminded him that I had a dental appointment and would not be in. Go figure... I got a call while I was returning from the dental appointment that my services were no longer needed (from the temp agency).


Hoping that things go well with my new boss!