Bad Bosses

Banned headphones for “productivity,” then loudly watched TikToks at full volume all day.

Created an employee of the month award, then won it himself three months in a row for “leadership under pressure.”

Preached about how stupid it is to offer employees paid time off, then proceeded to take 2 separate vacations.

She used to sing my praises in the morning, then keep me two hours after work to tear me down until I was in tears

I asked if I could leave early to have a Birthday dinner with my parents. Nope, "Adults have to work on their birthdays." I'm 5 years older and he took the whole day off on his.

She threw a bottle of beer at me and said "catch!" and when it spilled all over me, she told the higher up manager I was making a mess for no reason.

Made everyone log bathroom breaks in a shared spreadsheet. Commented “efficient!” on short ones and “concerning” on long ones.

Replaced the coffee with decaf to “reduce anxiety.” Productivity dropped, but he said morale was “more peaceful.

The owner of the business decides to hire his recent college graduate son as the new General Manager of the restaurant. No experience at all

Started every meeting with “quick 5 minutes” and then read inspirational quotes for an hour while we missed deadlines.

I was doing cash out and noticed a few emails between the store manager - who hired me - and the district manager. Apparently the store had been tanking for months, on her watch I was hired to take the fall to the district manager

Microwaved fish every single day at 9:01 a.m. and called it “a power move to establish dominance.

Brought in his “business coach,” who was just his cousin. Cousin spent an hour explaining how money works.

Started a “no negativity” policy, then fired someone for “bad vibes” after they said the printer was broken.

He hired basically 2 kinds of people: pretty girls to entertain him, and guys to do his work for him. He was a disgusting slob and NO girl he hired EVER wanted to touch that.

My boss attempted to reprimand me through a hateful email about being unprofessional, and threatened to extend my yearly-probationary period a month before it'd expire

She faked workers comp. She was on a one step "ladder" and she "fell off" and "broke her ankle"

Brought his untrained puppy to work. Let it piss and poop everywhere because he was too lazy to walk it. Also let it destroy merchandise because he would just ignore it.

Old supervisor would pick on certain members of staff and give them disciplinaries for silly made up reasons.

Installed a bell on his desk and rang it instead of emailing. Got mad when people didn’t sprint like we were in medieval times.

Printed out emails and handed them to us instead of forwarding them because he “doesn’t trust the cloud.”