Worst Bosses

Here's a list of the worst bosses I've ever had and why:

Ivan: He and his wife used to dress alike (e.g., white shirt with denim shorts, hawaiian print shirt with white pants, etc.).  You've seen these dorks.  In retrospect, Ivan was insecure (hence why he dressed to match his wife) and so had to prove his "manhood" by insulting women.  He'd make cracks about how stupid I was, or he'd stand next to me when I was bent over to pick something up and say, "Do a friend a favor..." As if.

Joann:  Was sleeping with, and broke up the marriage of, one of the Vice Presidents, and got mad at me because I said I thought that Vice President was grumpy.  How was I supposed to know she was sleeping with him?  And he was grumpy!  Joann was one of those women who had gotten through life on their looks, but now that she was in her forties, her insecurities were really showing.

Jama: My supervisor when I was a computer operator.  Jama made statements like, "All PCs are mainframes, really."  Jama thought the best path to promotion was by looking cute and "doing a friend a favor."

Dave:  Didn't hire me for a desktop publishing position because I "wasn't qualified" but did hire me for an office position.  However, he then asked me to train the MAN he did hire for the desktop publishing position.  Dave spent his entire day flirting with one of the office girls by telling her he used to be with the CIA, FBI, and had been in Vietnam.  Dave wasn't very bright.

Andrea:  Informed everyone within 5 minutes of meeting them that she "had a degree."  I guess she didn't want anyone thinking she was a bimbo, even though she wore tight, short skirts.  I asked her if she'd gone to the Dan Quayle School of Spelling after I noticed she misspelled potato. Soon afterward, she gave me one of the worst job reviews I've ever had, then was mad when I disputed it.

Gary:  I was a Telecom Specialist, but he continually asked me if I wanted to be his secretary and would ask me "woman" questions.  I guess he thought I was fair game since I was the "token" woman in the IT department.  He refused to hire any other women, telling the women he interviewed: "...we already have a woman in the department."  I filed a complaint against him because he gave me the lowest annual bonus in the department - even though he himself bragged that I got more compliments than everyone else in the department combined.  Of course HR came back and said there was no discrimination, although he was fired after their investigation.

Shayne & Jeremiah, aka Beavis & Butthead:  It would be difficult to pinpoint two more unprofessional and unqualified persons during my entire working life.  They were immature bullies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_bullying)  who would sit in their office giggling and repeating buzzwords and buzz-phrases like, "Cool, cool." "It's all good." "My peeps!".  Perfect example of two people who should NEVER have been promoted to any position of authority, but the department Director refused to admit he'd made a mistake.  I was laid off shortly after I filed a 17-page complaint against Beavis & Butthead, which I did mainly because Jeremiah - who kicked and punched expensive IT equipment whenever he would have one of his tantrums - was getting more and more aggressive towards me, punching my cubicle walls and the back of my chair, and threatening to fire me because he suspected I was looking for another job and wouldn't admit it to him.

Jaynee:  Where do I begin?  Jaynee got her "management" position because she married the director of the department after breaking up his previous long-term marriage - oh, and because she dressed like a streetwalker.  She was unprofessional, and had no discernible skills, education, or experience.  Jaynee's one of those middle-aged women who act like they're still in high school and always have to have a "posse" of other women because they can't stand on their own two feet.  I made a naive observation that neither she nor her underlings were necessary, but since she had to constantly justify her existence, I became her target.

Brent and Mark:  Brent was a control-freak, micro-managing CIO, which was curious because he was barely capable of powering on his own PC.  Mark was a hyperactive, smelly little cockroach whose only skill was regurgitating buzzwords and buzz-phrases like, "You can't backup data that doesn't exist!" "It is what it is!" and "Manage their expectations!"  Two more examples of people who should not have been in their positions, but management didn't want to admit they'd made a mistake in hiring or promoting them.  Great reasons to keep imbeciles in their six-figure salary positions.