The Good and The Evil.

Hey there, HLC! It's so good to read a discussion from you. Thank you so much for posting this discussion. I really need it today because I have a major vent that has to do with my boss. First of all, Sean sounds like such a jerk that he should be the one out of a job. I don't think he's fair at all, and I honestly don't think he thinks things through before he says them. I think he really needs to consider how others feel and treat others how he would like to be treated. Having said that, I have a very work-oriented boss. I think she is a great person, but work is her life; therefore, she expects her employees to be the same way. However, you know that I got married less than a year ago, and so I would really like to have a life! So just today I set a much-needed doctor appointment as I haven't been feeling well and haven't had a chance to get an appointment. I set it up for a week from today to where I will only need to leave work an hour early. I thought that was pretty reasonable since I had to miss some work no matter when I scheduled the appointment. (I hate that!) Anyway, I sent an email to my boss to ok it with her. She did approve my request to leave early, but she told me that I have to get as much done as possible before I leave, (which I would be doing anyway, just so you know!) It's wonderful that I can finally get my appointment, and this time was pretty easy to get it approved. However, other times my boss gives me a really hard time getting time off. I've been called unreliable among other things, and it becomes very discouraging when all I'm trying to do is get doctor appointments. In the past several months my boss went through a very tough time because her husband was diagnosed with cancer around Halloween, and he passed away a couple weeks ago. My boss was rarely in the office, but she worked remotely from the hospital and from home when possible. We could almost always get in touch with her via email, but we couldn't resolve issues in person, which made it difficult at times. It's really sad because her husband passed away only a couple weeks ago. I don't know about you, but I think it's kind of the same thing: my boss cares for her husband for about six months and works from home; I get doctors appointments every other month or so and either have to leave early or get in late. I think what I'm asking is fair, but it makes me frustrated that I have to explain myself each time to remain a reliable employee. Like you, I feel like there are better team leaders out there (for instance, yours would be Lucy). Unfortunate for me, I only have one manager all the time so I guess maybe that's why it's getting old. The good thing is that I'm hoping to have a new job within the next couple months where my manager will be a lot more understanding. I have met him, and he's a very nice guy. We can only hope! Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I hope that Sean will either find out that he needs to be a more understanding boss or that he needs to move on because he isn't treating his employees very well. I think a brain tumor and a family member who could pass away any time should allow for as much time off as needed. Great discussion!

Hi cowboy! This is a terrible story and I hope to hell that this "Sean" gets fired and his azz kicked for sure! How could anyone be such an azzhole! Wait! I can tell you from my own horrible experiences that I have had worse "bosses from hell"! I have been cursed out, threated, abused, fired for no reason except that the boss was a psycho! When I was working at some of my jobs, and they were mostly for lawyers I was put through some incredible horrors! But, the job I had working in Customer Service for an International Rug Dealer was the worst! The Boss was totally Psychotic! He would scream and curse at everyone and make them feel like sh!t! Everyone was so scared of him! And we weren't allowed to speak to him, only our Supervisors were! I started to go into his office once to tell him off and my Supervisor stopped me! I had had it! I did eventually get fired and was so happy to be free from the torture! Unfortunately Cowboy, there are alot of miserable people in this world and many like Sean and many worse! So, hopefully you won't see this pig again!

I have worked for people like this Sean person, a real jerk on a power trip who goes about treating people like donkey doo just because he has a little bit of authority. I can not stand that kind of person and I swear if I can help it I will never work for anyone like that again. If he is continually treating many employees badly like that and being so in-humane that he would not even let a man spend the last few remaining hours of his life with his son, then perhaps many employees should get together and right a letter of complaint about his treatment of people. Those kind of people just get my blood boiling. I wish I lived by you I would go and give him a piece of my mind for not letting that poor man have a night off to be with this son. That is just about the meanest thnig I have ever heard.

Hello Honey, When you told me about this a few minutes ago I was really mad, I mean what kind of person would do that? It's pure evil ya know? I mean the poor husband was just checking on her, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Also the poor guy just wanted to spend as much time as he could with his son. What's worried me is the guy hasn't come back to work yet, but then again he may have decided not to because of the way that one manager was acting. It just goes to show what this world is coming to with what has happened at your work recently. I love you!

Hello hellcowboy!Your story is not new on my face.It was just happened in different situation and place.As i had experienced also some rude attitude from a superior tho not so brutal as what was illustrated in your story.Those kinds of people are not considered human I would say.just lucky for me Im out from that company.

HEY HCB! sorry did not read your discussion. I know what it's all about scg told us about it.. He's not just a jerk mr. Hcb.. he's an a**.. he's very very nasty and I hope he would really get fired of the bad things he did to his workers. I hope your fellow workers are okay and and are coping up with there problems.. I'm just devastated by what happened.. grrrh.. bad bad..