Work can be really tough. Not just the actual work aspect of it, but the people you work for , too. Some bosses … well, let’s just say they have no business being in charge .
Needless to say Redditors had plenty of stories when they were asked, ” Employees of Reddit, how did you first find out your boss was actually just an idiot that makes more money than you? “
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“When he told me instead of taking my new higher paying job I should just work more hours at my current one for him.”
I can’t tell if that’s the boss being stupid, or just treating his employee like they’re stupid. Either way, it’s good that OP got out of there .
“I had a boss once who refused to register to vote because she didn’t want jury duty and then got jury duty because that’s not the only way they pick. She ended up serving for a week.”
Amazing how this person thought the two were related like that.
“I worked for one where the CEO spent $200k+ on building out a new office for our full-time telecommuting tech startup.”
“Several employees lived outside of the city, and almost all of those in the city found it a pain in the ass to get to the office, which was in a semi-industrial area.”
“[Cont.] It was, however, a quick drive to the CEO’s house.”
“I’m not sure what happened to the company, but I left when I found out they were debating whether to fold or replace the CEO.”
Ooooof course the CEO would pull something like that .
“The time he got really passive aggressive a few months after he hired me…”
“…which finally boiled over when he got mad and said ‘I HIRED YOU BECUASE I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO RUN THIS COMPANY FOR ME!’ I’m a graphic designer by the way.”
“I write ‘: )’ on papers I grade for a professor. He accused me of writing slurs in my native language even though it’s just a smiley face.”
Not only is that super nonsensical, but kind of racist, too? Some people are just astounding.
“Once I told my boss I was 1/3 done with the work I had to do. He said ‘well you better hurry the others said they has finishes 1/6 of the work.’ He walked away and I just stared at him for a few seconds.”
Fractions are hard for some people.
“When he keeps asking me why the inventory looks ‘dirty’ (physically dirty) and doesn’t care about the accuracy of it.”
“My job doesn’t even have anything to do with the warehouse. I’m an ops analyst.”
When your boss doesn’t actually get what you do…
“My manager told me to mop the breakroom floor. I did. She freaked out that it was slippery (two seconds after I was done).”
They clarified further , saying, “I mean I had the mop still in hand, she walked to the break room door, saw that the floor was still a bit wet, and yelled at me.” Yikes.
“He couldn’t do basic math while pretending to have a Master. Couldn’t use Excel either…”
Look, not every Master’s-level designation needs math. But if you’re going to pretend like you have credentials you don’t actually have, maybe be better at faking it?
“The former CFO asked me who was in charge of the Finance department. I still don’t know if it was a joke.”
I should be surprised that the chief financial officer of a company doesn’t know what their title actually stands for. And yet…
“At my old job, (hardware, paint, tools etc.) they promoted this weirdo. One of his first orders was for us to all start wearing big yellow buttons that just said ‘YES’ in black block lettering.”
“The idea being, that no matter what a customer wanted, we had to provide it. I asked them, ‘well, what happens if they’re asking for a product that doesn’t exist?’ Which happened more often than you’d like. He said to ‘just figure it out for them.’ OK then, good talk.”
“[cont.] And if he ever heard me telling a customer that ‘I’m sorry, but semi-solid water-based oil ceiling and boat paint in a matte gloss finish doesn’t exist…'”
“he would come up, cut me out of the conversation, then sell them something that wasn’t anywhere close to what they needed. Resulting in returns that were almost impossible to talk about with the angry customer without saying ‘I’m sorry but YES, my boss is an idiot .'”
“She has no idea about basic 101 things related to our industry that a fresh intern could demonstrate on the spot.”
“Now, every job I do I have to explain from the beginning what it is, why we’re doing it and why it’s important… I’m the only one on my team with actual experience in certain areas, and naturally have to do all the work in those areas.”
It must be tough when you clearly know more than your boss …
“I did business with company A while working at company B.”
“Company A offered me a job because they liked how I operated. I went through an extensive interview process, they said I was great, they had my resume, knew my experience and specialties, what I was capable of, etc..”
“[Cont.] After a few weeks they kept telling me ‘you need a degree in electrical engineering to understand this’ when they knew I had no understanding of electrical engineering…”
“…and left that part of the job description out when they hired me. I was pissed so I spent the next few months interviewing at other companies while getting paid a nice salary. I had another job before they fired me . No regrets.”
“My manager (woman who’s in nursing school) thought that women were pregnant for 12 months.”
An easy mistake to make for anyone. Well, anyone who isn’t supposed to be studying things like human physiology. Then it’s just concerning.
“I work in mechanical engineering. My bosses (multiple levels of management) not understanding the product and only sees unit sales.”
“Expects a small team of 4 to complete a one year project in 3 months. ‘We can test on the customer’s site, they will understand any failures.’ No they won’t. This is what happens when a construction company buys a mining company .”
“After the third time he drove a power drill through his hand…”
See, I’m thinking you’d probably figure that out the first time, or even the second time. But I guess sometimes it takes a little more time than usual to learn something .
“He tried to run the business from out of state.”
“I realized… and quit. Found out later from a former coworker that the restaurant was shut down, for a combination of uncleanliness and lack of supplies. Former boss was sued for embezzlement as well.”
