Work....I Have The Worst Boss

United States
September 24, 2008 7:46am CST
My new boss has done a lot to me in her short time of working at my company...a lot of things that have made me mad. But just the other day she did something that blew my last nerve; I would have quit on the spot; only problem is I don't have another job. And before I quit I need to have another job in line. But here are some of the past things shes done to me; ~Hung up on me ~Ignored me for 30 minutes while in the same room; which caused me to leave 30 mins late, and she was very rude in the way she dismissed me. ~She gets openly annoyed if I ever talk to her, ask her anything, or if she ever has to do anything for me (like she had to punch in a code so I could clock out at the end of my shift...omg poor her.)... Anyways; so what could be worse than all that you may wonder? She lied TO my face about something that is very important. I told her one morning when she came in that my availability has changed, and I CAN NOT work weekends (of course I told them this LONG ago and they continue to put me on weekends). But I told her flat out, no more. She said she would talk to my assistant manager b/c she is the one who does all the sceduling. I said, okay, thanked her for talking with me and left. So, the next night I come in from work I learn from a senior that what my manager told me was not true at all. SHE is the one that does all the sceduling, and she is the one who put me on the weekends. I don't think she ever planned to even try and get my scedule changed. She just told me someone else does sceduling so i wouldn't look to her if any problems come up... That crossed a line with me and i said that's it. A new job is being found and I'm quitting, with all the crap she's done to me I'm not working for her anymore. **And I'm not the only one who hates her....everyone I've talk to (even people who don't work around her!) know how she is, and don't like her...** Sometimes I wonder if she treats anyone as bad as she treats me though.
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
24 Sep 08
It is not good to have a boss that lies to you. It is hard to work and respect a person like that. Good luck finding another job.
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@belk89 (1103)
• Philippines
24 Sep 08
I had a bad boss before and it is not a good feeling everytime i knew it is time for me to go to work and see his face lol. But everytime i went to work i was thinking only of one thing and that is i need this job and im here to earn money and nothing else. It made me feel a little better knowing that i still have reasons why i still need to stay and tolerate my boss attitude. It is actually not a good way of treating subordinate but i guess some boss do that for one reason only...they are your superior and there is nothing you can do to stop him/her from being rude to you. Sometimes i wish companies could have some performance rating for the boss coz that would somehow change the way they treat there subordinate. The moment i had found a new job i was so happy. I right away send my resignation letter and didnt even bother to say goodbye to him lol. I guess the best thing for you to do is look for a job and if you are accepted then you can finally resign and move to a better working environment where people are more friendlier than your current job.
• United States
25 Sep 08
Well whenever I get really stressed out over work, or complain to my friends/family they always tell me to just think about the money---but that doesn't work for me. I told them to give me less days because I was becoming so unhappy--and that didn't work either because they keep giving me days I told them I can't work... But I will defeniatly be happy to quit when I find a new job! :) When you quit your bad job; did you give them 2 weeks notice or did you just quit on the spot and not go back?
• United States
26 Sep 08
I defeniatly wouldn't mind just walking out either, Maybe when I get another job I'll tell work I'll finish the week, then I'm not coming back. Because I don't think my boss has earned a 2 weeks notice from me.
@belk89 (1103)
• Philippines
25 Sep 08
I didnt actually give them a 2 weeks notice. The moment i was accepted i right away passed my resignation and 4 days after i started not going to work. I didnt mind at all if my boss will be pissed at me. I was glad i left that job coz i feel the thorns in my life is gone finally.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
25 Sep 08
Time to redouble your efforts to get a new job. I was treated that way when I was a demonstrator at PetCo. But at PetSmart, I've been treated very well. Maybe you can find another place that has pets and pays well. When Target started hiring because they will be opening a store here in October, PetSmart lost a lot of people to Target. More pay, fewer late hours, more opportunity for advancement, and not expecting everyone to do three things at once were the reasons people gave me for why they left. Get good recommendations from whoever you can and try for other places including Veterinary places. I wish you luck. Please let us know how you do. Take care
• United States
25 Sep 08
I heard Petco didn't treat their employees or animals nicely. But I can't believe you were treated well at PetSmart! Why can't I be...lol. I actually heard that it's bad at all the petsmarts around me
@kleynie (129)
• Philippines
25 Sep 08
why is it in every workplace, there are issues like that?! isn't it because she envy you?! or maybe it is really her character and no one can really changed the way of her upbringing..maybe another job, much better than that, is waiting for you..so give it a go, and beside..it is another way to achieve growth..just my two cents..
• United States
26 Sep 08
Oh I don't see how it could be that she envys me...lol. Nothing special about me. I just hope that there is another job somewhere! lol I'm looking but haven't found it yet!! :D
@JOIEMARVIC (2335)
• Philippines
25 Sep 08
i symphatize with you.. actually we have the same type of boss.. my literally bosse me around,to the extend that he is treating me like a servant and not an employee. I am a drafter in a formworks company,but he often asks me to photocopy documents, print for him,prepare reports..stuffs that drafter's aint supposed to do.. when checking my work,he scolds me out loud everyone to hear.. he's not like that with my fellow drafters.. he even told me once that i was blind.. im trying my best to please him,but nothing changed.. i have plans in resigning from the company.. as soon as i find another job,i'll be leaving him at once.. work isn't all about the money.. it's about what you achieve, about the friends you gain at work.. I WORK TO LIVE i dont live to work.. there's a difference...
• United States
26 Sep 08
I think if my boss ever yelled at me or called me something disrespectful or insulted me in any way I would walk out and not go back. I would just tell her I quit, send me the rest of my paychecks, bye. I think the one thing that would be worse then her lying to me would defeniatly be her calling me a name or insulting me; and that would be it. New job or not--I'd quit on the spot and not go back. I know if I told my mom what happened, why i quit, she would understand it under those circumstances.
• United States
25 Sep 08
Oh don't worry, every time I approach my supervisor for a question or even to give her a compliment, she rolls her eyes. I know the pure disgust managers and supervisors can relay to their employees. You have to be up their butt for them to respect you. I just got to the point where I don't say hi to any of them and I don't show them any respect. Now, they usually are generally polite. One time, my manager rolled her eyes at me and I blankly said, "what's your problem, I'm just asking you a question." From that day fourth, I havn't experienced the trademarked eye roll. I had a manager before at a cashier joint and wow was she the devil with blonde hair. That woman had it out for me. She was the kind of manager who got oh so personal with the employees and used it to her advantage just to stir controversy. She'd talk about her employees to other employees! Can you believe that. She would always mess around with my schedule too and she didn't have a problem yelling at you in front of the customers. While I'd be stuck behind the counter all night long, I'd see her "pets" walking around not even lifting a finger. If you can't mentally take on the responsibility of being a manager, don't apply for the job.
• United States
26 Sep 08
Well I'm defenaitly not gonna become a brown nose with her, but I don't think I have the guts to confront her either lol. I just want to leave and I'll be happy. But I do hate bosses that choose favorites and let them do whatever they want; my boss isn't like that...she's rude to everyone and no one likes her lol.
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
24 Sep 08
Don't blame you for leaving. There are plenty of jobs where the boss appreciates their help and won't talk "down" to you. Sounds to me like she is trying to get you to leave if she schedules you on the weekends when you've specifically asked not to be scheduled on the weekends. This would make me wonder! My last boss had a habit of getting angry with me in front of a crowd of people. It was so embarrassing. He was finally fired, for other reasons, but I was glad to see him go. He could have called me aside if he had an issue and not gone to the extent he did just to make a complete fool out of me. Other employees also noticed it. Well, I hung in there and am still working for the same company but he is gone. The boss I have now is wonderful.
• United States
25 Sep 08
Yeah--she told me that if I needed weekends off one of the other nightshift workers would have to change their scedule...I was kind of like, doi!! I figured...lol. But oh my gosh!! I would probably die of embarrassment if she ever yelled at me in front of a bunch of people...but I'm not sure I have to worry about that too much--she barely ever talks to me; only does if I start a "conversation." But she's the 3rd or 4th manager we've had...and the ones before her (except the 1st) were all pretty much bad and would never work with me on my scedule. None were as bad as her, but I don't think I can keep waiting for a new/better manager to come along. But if I had my choice I defeniatly would want her replaced...and not to sound sexist or anything but I would hope that we would get a male manager lol. All the previous ones were females, and I'm kind of thinking of work like school--in highschool I always thought my male teachers were cooler and more fun :P So maybe a male manager would be the same way! lol. (And obviously the girls aren't workin out to well for anyone there)
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
24 Sep 08
I know what you feel like.The same thing has been happending to me for 3 years now. I got a new boss and he is a as s He sits all day long in his office with the AC on and plays cards on his computer. He never has a smile on his face. If he not sitting and playing cards hes outside smoking. One day he came to me and said why did you leave work. I said what are you talking about. He said you moved your car. I said I did not move my car, it still in the same spot where I parked it. I looked out the window and the car that he blamed me for was not even mine. He talks behind your back about me he very rude I can go on and on but time wont let me. You dont know how many times I wanted to quit, but I have been at this job for 19 years and its to hard to fine another job that has health insurance.
• United States
25 Sep 08
Oh that would be annoying, having a lazy boss. Maybe you should start being as lazy as him :P lol....take the kid route :P lol. But I just don't know how you've been working for a boss for so long!! And how he hasn't been fired yet. Does he treat everyone like that or just you? I'm sure if you look in the classifieds or search on internet (like me) you'll find other jobs with health insurance and other benefits.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
24 Sep 08
[i]Hi Lily, That is very bad, I will not see myself staying with that job and with the type of Boss..She is very unprofessional, I wonder what made her that way...ANyway, I hope that there is a head above her where you can report the way she treated you...the owner or what? But, it is better really to find another job and quit that job once you have a new one... It's not healthy to be staying in a job and then it will just give you an emotional pro[/i]blem!
• United States
25 Sep 08
I wouldn't even know where to begin and try to go over her head....but I'm not going to worry about it too much because I'm just going to quit...everyone else hates her too, so eventually someone will report her. I'm hoping since the seniors know how bad she is they'll go to someone who can get her fired.
@mykmari_08 (2464)
• Philippines
25 Sep 08
i love challenges when it comes to difficult bosses i love to tame your boss. i have been an exec secretary to various charactered bosses before, all woman 2 of which are old maids know what happened i tamed them... i lost my temper with the 1st woman boss because after all i've done for her she got the guts to point a finger on me because i by-passed her by submitting a report which i regularly prepares weekly, without her approval (because she was so late in coming to work, her cellphone was off and her superior is pestering me already with follow-ups), well what i did was bring out my bag from my drawer and walk-out on her while she was talking to her superior watch a movie and then went home. then i heard our home phone ringing and my friend officemate was on the other end convincing me to just forget everything and come to the office the following morning which i plan to do, then when i arrived the office the next morning i went straight to my boss' room with my bag still hanging on my shoulder and i said hi and good morning. my boss then look at me and said (she was so early that morning), how are you and i said let's continue working 'mam then she answered, alright. days passed and everything went well between us never discussing what has transpired. the 2nd woman boss is sooooo bossy that there came a time when she has to go out-of-town for a presentation (i prepared for her powerpoint presentation) unfortunately her driver went back to the office as i was just about to leave instructing me to change the font because all the presentations of different companies should have the same font. so there i was opening all available computers again and spend all my efforts looking for that similar font but to no avail. what i did was use the one nearest to that font. after the presentation and my boss arrived already we had an argument about the font and she seems not convinced by my explanation that i did all my best and we end up without agreeing on one another's comments or explanation because i know i am on the right track and am not guilty of not following her instruction. when i decided to resign and turned over to her my resignation she give it back to me and told me to think about it for 2 more days when i finally decided to continue with my resignation she called-up a meeting and informed her staff (in my presence) that i am resigning and that she felt bad because i was her little boss and it seems one of her feet will be lost without me around. how inspiring... don't you think... sori this response is too long but i hope you learn from this. you have to manage them sometimes and if you think you are right show it to your boss don't be afraid or don't sulk in one corner but don't lose your respect for them.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
24 Sep 08
There is nothing worse then a bad boss as you have to be there for you livelyhood and without finding a job right away must suffer at someone else's will....how did she get her job? Maybe you can get ahold of the main office and put in a complaint? Do they have someone above her? If enough of you complain maybe things would change....if you do it on your own they will think it's just you.....ask around.....
• United States
24 Sep 08
I really don't know how she got hired...you'd think to be a manager you would have to have some personal skills! Some kind of personality to get along with people; but nope, not her. I probably would complain about her to the assistant manager; she is someone I trust more and she's been with us longer. Some people actually think she should have been made manager, I'd have to agree with that. But I've become tired of the job before the new manager came; she just really helped push my aggitation lol. But I am getting less keen on working night shift, so it might be time for a new job anyways. I already have a possibilty, I'll have to see how that turns out. If I was planning on staying I'd complain, but if I'm going to be leaving anyways, I don't see a point
@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
25 Sep 08
Boss's can be a real problem. Are any of these problems against your conditions of employment? I am curious. In my last workplace we were on an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement with specific rules. If anyone breached them then you had grounds for complaint to the human resources department or to the union. I have a real problem with boss's lying and if you have no one you can go to about the problem then leaving is the only solution. I have known problem bosses like this one and they can cause a high turnover of staff which is bad for the company.
@kerriannc (4279)
• Jamaica
24 Sep 08
Is this person the Supervisor or the owner. I asked this question because a lot of time we tends to call the supervisor a boss. If she is indeed the owner why would she tell you a lie that is the asst. manager who does the scheduling. I know that there are times when a person does not like an individual at the work place I been there. It was my C.E.O. and she didn't like me because the Boss loves me and was always praising my performance. I was a Branch Manager at one of the store. But eventually she convinced him to fired me after framing me. But if you know that you didn't do anything wrong to gain her ire than leave with good intention because when one does this there is always an reaction to the person who does the wrong. I have live to see my former workplace has closed his main store and some of the managers that was telling lies on me being fired. Leave it to God my friend and you will see the outcome. Congrats on finding another job but moving from job to job is not a good reflection on your resume. Sometimes circumstances comes to make one stronger. Kerry
• United States
25 Sep 08
I don't know why she hates me...shes been rude to me from the first time I talked to her (which was over the phone, when she hung up on me). And I'm always polite to her when shes around me, even when she isn't to me. I say thank you, ask her if there's anything else she needs before I go, tell her to have agood day---and I get nothing back. She never says one word to me. And I always feel like an idiot when I say anything like that to someone and they don't respond. I really do like this job; but with this boss....and never getting the right scedule, I don't think I could handle it much more. I've missed so much because of work, and I don't think I want to work night shift anymore. I miss too much during the day with my family while I'm sleeping.
@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
24 Sep 08
The last job I had, I worked for a witch boss, that is why I am unemployed now. Your boss and mine, may have been related, with their meanness. The boss I had, started out okay, I was not treated like the other's though, she already had her pick of favorites. She would accuse me of errors that I did not do, when proven to her that I was innocent, she would not even aplogize. She would have me standing in her office waiting to ask her a question, and not even acknowledge me. If I passed by and said good morning, she would say good morning, then when she turns around and see who said it, her whole expression would change. She has changed deadlines, so that I would not be able to meet them. My intentions were to find something else, and leave that company, but the last straw was when she accused me of making $1,000,000.00 worth of changes and corrections, which the auditors found, which I did not do. Another co worker told her that it was impossible for me to have done it and that the supervisor in another department made the changes. She did not want to hear it, because the other person was her friend. She laid me off because she wanted to give someone else my position, and said there was no available position in the department that I could take. Yeah, there are some mean evil vindictive bosses out there, and now I am struggling because I do not have a job. It is a long haul, trying to find another one as well. I say to you, try to hold on, hopefully she doesn't dismiss you before you find something else. Because, like mine, she feels she has the power in her hands.
• United States
24 Sep 08
oh wow! looks like you know how I feel--though it seems you have it rougher. Sorry about that
@rebekkahm (149)
• Canada
25 Sep 08
I worked for someone just like your boss. All the employees hated her, but no one was brave enough to say anything about it. I spent a little over a year working there, 2 1/2 months of which was actively looking through the newspapers and online sites for a new job. I found new work, gave my 2 weeks notice and never looked back. My current boss is as dumb as a post and makes all kinds of mistakes that I constantly clean up after but, she is friendly, fair in most aspects and apologizes when she screws up. I couldn't ask for more. Don't hesitate if a new opportunity presents itself. You'll just make yourself sick if you stay at your current job.
• Philippines
25 Sep 08
My friend,whats wrong with that person? I am so blessed to have a boss who is concerned with me although I am not satisfied with the salary. Now I know there are no perfect job, perfect boss, perfect environment, there is no perfect everything has a conflict and we have to live with it. Good for you you have a new job.
@sid556 (30959)
• United States
25 Sep 08
I don't blame you a bit. I worked under a very tough boss for a long time for lack of another job. Do NOT quit until you have something else lined up and don't let them know your thoughts on quitting. When I worked under the devil's nightmare of a boss, the one thought that kept me there was ....I may well be every bit the idiot that she makes me out to be but who is the bigger idiot here?....she is paying me each week.
@Samanthavv (1380)
• United States
24 Sep 08
Bosses are never easy to deal with. It's hard to get along with someone who lets their authority and their power and position get to their head. Make the best of it, because no matter where you go, you'll always have a boss and the next one might be worse!
25 Sep 08
... got the same thing here. people who are insecure always find fault on others.they do not know how to get along with others simply because they could not find happiness on their own. you know what i do to this senior of mine.. i do what she did to me. if she mean pesting me off, i do pest on her.. let her suffer her doing.. good revenge!!!
@chinna533 (309)
• India
25 Sep 08
first thing i hate in my life is being dominated.