1. He spends 60% of his time changing rules, creating memos to alert us of said rule changes, and creating punishments for write ups that have yet to be incurred for breaking said rule changes.
2. Plans meetings to alert us of said rule changes, despite the fact that we have a set meeting on the 20Th of every month (which never actually happens because he has various other meetings throughout the month)
3. During said meetings, he explains, in excruciating detail, the new procedure changes, talks to us as though we are children who cannot possibly understand said new procedure, then warns us that if we fail to follow these new procedures, he will be forced to give us a write up, and therefore forced to give us punishments for the write ups, such as washing dishes in the kitchen, picking up garbage, or checking keys to doors. Despite the fact that we were neither hired as groundskeepers or kitchen staff.
4. After issuing said write ups, gives the failure a lengthy speech explaining that he did not want to write us up, but we simply left him no choice. And when he explains to co-workers what exactly we did wrong, an what exactly the punishment was, said manager laughs hysterically, as if it were the funniest thing he'd done all day.
5. He is lazy, unclear, and sexist. He pawns off the work that he deems unsuitable for his highness, onto us peons, doesn't explain the task fully, and then proceeds to get mad and issue more write ups when the tasks are not completed, or are done incorrectly. For example: Task- "Check unmatched door locks" Now what exactly does that mean? To my knowledge the locks were not color- coordinated. When asked to explain a little more fully, he tells us this is why he doesn't like to hire girls, and to make sure it is done this night, or we will incur yet another write up.
6. Discusses employees job performances with other employees. This is neither professional, nor ethical. Personnel files should remain confidential, and should never be discussed with other employees. Gossip only causes problems people.
7. Devised a four page test to determine our level of knowledge about the job, makes almost every question so unclear that any answer could be counted wrong, and then tells us that if we don't do well on this test, our jobs could suffer. He then announces that this test will be administered every meeting.
8. *This may be a problem with the company its self, but I'm going to pretend its my boss's fault, because it makes me feel better. Puts employees in a position to be dependent on the company, then takes advantage of them as much as possible. Let me elaborate. Here at my job, 5 people work 13 days a month in exchange for free rent. In October, one person left, leaving four. Because my sexist boss wont hire a female (even though at least 7 women have applied, and are qualified for the job) we have gone four months shorthanded. This means we work more days, for the same pay. And there is nothing we can do about it, because no one else is hiring, and most of us don't have the money to move out, because we would have to work two jobs, on top of school, which would mean our schoolwork would suffer because of all the hours we work. Not to mention that nobody is hiring anyway.
9. Tells myself and the only other girl who works in my position, that we are useless, because we can't move a full sized bed all by ourselves. Despite the fact that we make up for it in our sales tactics and people skills (which the guys who work here are lacking).
10. And finally, he threatens our jobs as often as possible, because he knows we can't leave, and he likes reminding us that we have nowhere else to go.
If I'm wrong in my dislike, please let me know. If not, please help me figure out how to deal with this evil dictator and make it out alive! And don't tell me to find another job, because there aren't any!
Sounds like your boss has some real issues. How much longer do you have to work there? This guy sounds like a true creep.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I have to work here till I can afford another place, which could end up being a long time. :(
ReplyDeleteOh man, it sounds like you've got the dreaded Agressive Control Freak boss. I had one of those once and he drove me up the wall. Mine liked interrupting what I was doing (which he'd assigned me) to have me do something else, just to show he could. The only encouragement I can offer is that there are better bosses out there and this kind (at least in my experiance) is in the minority.
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