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HUMOR: The Worst Boss of 1995
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Wed Jun 14 11:01:51 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 10:54:31 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 23:27:39 -0700
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
>From: jay@eckecd.dnet.etn.com
>
>Managerial Expert conducting national search for worst boss.
>
>By Larry McShane
>
>NEW YORK - And you thought your boss was bad? How about the guy that tosses
>everyone's paycheck in the trash? Or the fellow who threatened to commit
>suicide and leave a note blaming his underlings for driving him to it?
> For the third straight year, Jim Miller, an expert on managerial
>techniques, is mounting a nationasl search for the creme de la crumbs of
>American Management: The Worst Boss of 1995. Some early nominees are pretty
>crummy indeed.
> "A compulsive liar," complained one person, nominating her boss. An
>accountant wrote of his boss, "All he knows is ridicule, blame, false
>accusations, humiliation, slander and verbal abuse.
> Other bosses are more honest, but not as bright. "When my boss went to
Disneyland, those of us who know him were concerned that he might be
>mistaken for Goofy," offered one entrant.
> The contest opened in April and runs through June 30. The person
>whose boss wins (?) gets a week-long Hawaiian vacation and $1000 spending
>money. All entries will be kept confidential, ensuring continued employment
>for the winner while he or she updates that resume.
> Last year's Worst Boss would tape crude pictures of fired employees
>on their vacant chairs, then mock the empty seats.
> But lousy bosses aren't always eccentric. Typically they're cheap
>Foul-mouthed, Cheap, Heartless, Cheap, Nasty, and very often Cheap.
> "Our paychecks are deposited for us - in the trash can!" wrote one
>entrant. "On pay day (the boss) marches into the kitchen, tells us we are
>trash, then throws our paychecks into the trash can."
> There are other indignities - the boss who insisted a veteran
>employee get a doctor's note when his wife went into the hospital for life-
>saving cancer surgery. The administrator who threatened to commit suicide
>and lay a guilt trip on his underlings.
>Miller is also accepting entrys for the country's best boss. But based on
>the last two years - bad letters outpaced good by 4-1 in 1994 - there's a
>paucity of quality leaders.
> There are plenty, however, like the boss one employee simply dubbed
>"Wildman." Among his favorite tricks: making his assistant fire anybody
>who calls in sick?
> Feeling better?
>
> Entry forms are available by sending a self addressed envelope to
>Corporate Coach, P.O. Box 200907, Arlington, Texas, 76006
>
