Your worse boss

Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States

Over the years I have had good and bad bosses. I was thinking what the characteristics of the worse bosses were. It seemed to be similar across multiple people.

I have had more than one boss that you never knew what you were going to get when you walked in their office. It could be friendly boss or mad at the world boss. My way of dealing with them was to put a big smile on my face and be over the top positive until I could get out of the office.

I had the boss that I constantly needed to calm down and keep them from freaking out over issues with the customer. It was exhausting.

And then I had the one boss that if you disagreed with them, they would take it personal and hold it against you forever. Once I was on the "bad" list, I knew there was nothing I could do so I just kept my focus on my work and tried to reduce unnecessary interactions.

What were some of your most difficult bosses?

Posted: Mar 27, 2018 9:54 AM

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Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States

Mar 28, 2018 5:42 PM

Replying to Kevin Drake

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The worst boss I had, uneducated one who did not complete his high school, micro management, insecure and racist. He went nuts at me when he came to know that I was studying and developing myself. I had to live with his racist comments everyday. I left the company after 5 months of continual insults about education or about where I came from. When I left he said to me Do not put my name as a reference because I will XXxX you.

Wow. That is pretty bad. But you were smart not to stay too long.

Posted: Mar 29, 2018 9:18 AM

Dinah Young Project Manager / Software Asset Manager| Prince William County Springfield, Va, United States

I want to say that I learned a lot from what I considered "bad bosses". It is a lot of what not to do.
But you also learn a lot about the human psyche. What makes them act out the way they do. It may be insecurities, lack of understanding, inability to relate to people, immaturity, etc. Some are victims of the Peter Principle, they were promoted past their abilities. I can empathize with them, after I am no longer under them :).
Every experience in our lives can be a learning experience. Sometimes you need a bit of distance before you can find the lesson.
Now I can see qualities in myself that I want to improve. There are things that I wanted from them and did not get. So now I make sure I give those very things.

Posted: Mar 29, 2018 9:25 AM

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