If you're lucky enough to work at a company that respects your time and efforts then count yourself blessed. Because as the old adage goes, "things could always be worse."
So let this collection of people with tasteless bosses be all the proof you need. And if you aren't sure if you do or do not have a horrible boss, let this examples be your guide.
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“My employer contracted out some cable work. This was the result.”
2
"When the boss leaves, it’s time to celebrate!"
3
“4 PM on a Friday and my boss handed me a stack of invoices to make sure they have been paid. That’s not even my job!”
4
“I told my boss I was gonna get my arm checked out at 3:30 (the time we go home) now the whiteboard says, ’6-6 no exceptions’”
5
“My boss insists we add this to the bleach for cleaning, absolutely refuses to buy more and continues to dilute what little is left.”
6
“My boss has turned our ’break room’ into a workshop.”
7
“This keyboard at my place of employment. It’s covered with aluminum dust.”
8
“I am an HR assistant and forced to use paper to track my working hours instead of doing it on Excel or with an HR software.”
9
“We had a birthday at the office today and our boss insisted on cutting the cake.”
10
“How my mom’s employer shipped her $2,000 work laptop”
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“My employer sent me this...”
12
“Thanksgiving gift from my employer. Not even joking.”
13
“This was the only fire alarm system we had in one of the old buildings I worked in.”
14
“A customer broke this, and I have to put it back like nothing happened because my boss will make me pay for it.”
15
“Called my boss and said, ’How do you expect me to work like this.’ She said ’Try your best.’ I’m a barista.”
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“When I resigned, my boss told people to not get me anything for my farewell.” “Put in my 2 weeks, trained a person, left notes and instructions, planned events for the whole year... and my boss told people to not have a goodbye lunch and to not buy anything. Now they’re starting to see very small bits of why I can’t stand him.”
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“This is what I got for working one year at my job. They spelled my last name wrong... pathetic.”
18
“This burrito at my job is $5.54 and we’re not allowed to leave to get food.”
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“My ‘boss’ has no regard for a customer’s expensive chair even after I told her how much it’s worth.”
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“Meals (1 per person) we get at my job for shifts that can last up to 12 hours”