Or just a narcissist? Take this quiz. and see whether you have a genuine boss from hell or just a run-of-the-mill asshole.
I once had a boss who listened in on reporters' phone calls during interviews. You'd be chatting away when all of a sudden a third voice would chime in. Scared the living daylights out of you. To this day, I can't make a phone call without looking over my shoulder to see who's listening.
Another boss interviewed my successor while I was in the room. I had not given notice, mind you. She was the type of person who'd disappear for hours at a time and then storm into the office and start screaming at the first person who crossed her line of vision. Of course, her boss made a big show of removing the company watercooler after he found a a few of those conical paper cups hadn't been thrown in the trash but had instead been left on a lunchroom table, proving that we weren't worthy of such largesse. And then there was the time all managers were summoned--via loudspeaker--to the conference room because someone was stealing toilet paper from the supply cabinet.
Good times.
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