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dvpierce wrote:

Of the two I have left, one is kind of nuts, and is under a lot of family stress. T

She brings her personal problems to work? I could never work for someone like that, and she shouldn't be a boss if she does.

No. Neither the head honcho, the department head, nor the random ass who has named himself "supervisor" have done anything worthy of respect. I am currently saving up FU money and searching for new employment.

I like myself just enough to work hard.

I have a great boss, even though he has a lot to take care as the Area manager that includes 2 retail stores, a snack bar, a gas station, vending, maintenance, housing and a control freak of a assistant retail director!!

My boss is an interesting character to say the least, but overall I like him very much.

He's very eccentric and unpredictable, which can be difficult at times, but he likes me and the the results I bring to the table so he treats me very well. He's very lenient with my work schedule (lets me work from home 90%), and let's me get anything I need hardware/software-wise.

The only thing that bugs me is his tendancy to change his mind about large portions of a project several times after I've 'finished' it. But I can handle that, it's my job.

I once had a boss I really liked. Well, technically, she wasn't my boss, but my field manager, meaning she had to "sell" me to prospective customers. That sure was weird.

I should give her a call sometime...

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Yeah, she was my pimp.

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I am my own boss.

I hate that bastard!!  He frequently makes me work through lunch, and he never pays me.

I can NEVER call in sick.  It would go something like this:

"Hi, I can't come to work today because I'm sick."

"smurf you!  You're hung-over again, aren't you?  Get your ass in here!"

I'll get him one day!

Last edited by Pithecanthropus (2007-01-03 9:56 am)

mtpalms wrote:

I have mixed feelings about my boss. He's nice but he's stuck in the 70's taste-wise, particularly music (Top 40 no less). He likes me a little too much, but he's pretty flexible about my schedule within reason, if I decide to take a day off and my work is caught up, he's okay with it. It helps that I'm efficient, and I wouldn't ask if we had heavy workload coming up.

I know he's just being nice, but for instance, he greets me in the morning by saying; "And how's my Cindy-girl, this morning?" I find it mildly belittling, like I'm on a par with his dog. From his 70s POV, I'm sure he thinks of it as a term of endearment. It irritaes me though. He calls lunch "lunch-a-bunch", stuff like that. It's a bit surreal.

This is my first job with a real boss, so I guess I could do worse.

That's really funny!  What do you call him: Big Bossy-Wossy?

Connemara wrote:

That's really funny!  What do you call him: Big Bossy-Wossy?

I definitely don't want to encourage him, he'd seriously think I was being endearing back. I'd prefer a bit more professionalism in that area, but I realize it must sound funny to someone else.

He can also spend 20 minutes explaining something that really only needs about 2.

between both jobs I have a "few" bosses
Some are really nice, some are ok and some I can live without.
I just try to do my job as they request and keep out of trouble thus keeping them away from me

Your fired!