My Boss
@Happielady85 (384)
United States
February 10, 2013 8:39pm CST
I work in an office. I have a boss who does not know how to handle people. He handles them as though they are all little kids. He has them do things that is very
irrational, and he does not seem to care about how the employees feel about it. For example, one employee was absent because he was sick. We all knew this was not a lie by the way he looked and acted that day. What did the boss do? He deducted his paymenst for the days that he missed. He also writes up nasty information about their jobs when we all know that most of his write-ups are not true. All of his write-ups goes to a manager who is above my boss. We all feel that he acts this way to make hinmself feel important. I feel that he has a low estimate of himself and in order to feel important, he has to act like "The Big Boss." Many of us would like to report him, but we are afrsid to. What can we do about this situation so that our job is more tolerable?
2 responses
@nmariean (19)
• United States
12 Feb 13
I have a boss that I very similar. What we decided to do was document everything she did no matter how insignificant we thought it was. We also started communicating more through email as a follow up to conversations we had with her. It took a while, but eventually when we did collectively file a complaint, they had evidence of her mistreatment of her employees and were able to give her a formal warning. I think you should start compiling evidence as well as file a formal complaint against your boss.
@Happielady85 (384)
• United States
13 Feb 13
That was a good idea. In my case, I'm a teacher and the boss is the principal. I wonder how many teachers it will take to get him in a situation where he will get a notice from the Board of Education. He's the one who has been doing the firing. Not just the teachers, but the whole office crew. I would think that the Bd. of Ed. would wonder how a whole crew of about seven people could be that bad. The only person he didn't fire was a friend of his. That tells you something, doesn't it? Some bosses think that firing makes them look like a good boss, I guess. It makes them feel important.
@nmariean (19)
• United States
13 Feb 13
That's interesting. I am also a teacher and talking about a principal. You must work at a private or non union school or district. it is sad that he was able to fire so many people without anyone questioning his actions. I'm my case, it took almost a year for us to get the attention of the BOE. Good luck with everything.
@jeanneyvonne (5501)
• Philippines
11 Feb 13
We can't pick our bosses but it is the bosses who pick the employees. I suggest to report him and f you have a company trunkline which can somehow give anonymity, go for it.
