Idiot Bosses

[Richard_H]

Here's a good one. There's a promotion going at work advertised 2 weeks ago. Job spec however was written to exclude virtually every internal candidate even though 3 or 4 (myself included) could have done the job.
I wasn't too keen on it as the job didn't really appeal even though it meants 5k more, incrementing to 12k. Went to see the boss who insisted that he just wanted to see what was out there externally and that he didn't want to exclude internal on purpose although he admits he did. I was concerned about future promotions which were more in my area and also for colleagues who were certainly interested and led to believe the job was there.
Deadline for the applications was today.
3pm on Friday and again at 3:50 I was asked by the boss to apply. No reason given. Surprised as I was in the bosses office virtually everyday for the past 2 weeks and nothing was mentioned.
Application was handed in today.
Interviews (full day interviews) are next Thursday. Boss knows I am in France from Saturday midnight and won't arrive back in North East until 4:30 in the morning at the earliest.

Is he taking the piss or what! No-one at work understand WTF is going on. There are (on paper) better candidates than me internally but he has ignored them all. And hasn't made it easy for me!

Anyone got baffling stories about their bosses - or care to comment on this? :lol:

 

[jackabina]

He's **** scarred that if he doesn't give you a fair crack of the whip, you may take the situation further on discrimination grounds. As long as he can interview internal and external candidates, he covered.
Or he just really wants YOU :|
Good luck :wink:

 

[BadMotivator]

I'm self employed and I work for a total wanker

 

[weasel]

I'm self employed and I work for a total wanker

Seconded

 

[BlueDog]

I'm self employed and I work for a total wanker

:lol: :lol: Love it, I'm self employed too currently taking industrial action against myself for offering **** working conditions.


I like most have had my fair share of arsehole boss's. Two were tight arses of epic proportions.

Worked in a factory for several years ( soul destroying ) first Christmas party I attended was at a bloody awful chinese restaurant run by Aussies which had been so westernised you would have gotten a more authentic meal from a bowl of two minute noodles, to top it off we found out it cost him $7 a head to put on this amazing spread. That was our Christmas bonus! Another year he gave a vegetarian bearded employee a smoked ham and bottle of aftershave as a gift for ten years service :lol:

Second Boss owned a China repair business, I spent the best part of the day building a timber work bench out of scrap so we had somewhere to put the repairs, he gave me a tin of varnish to coat the top when I asked if I could have a brush to paint it on with he gave me a pair of rubber gloves and told me to apply it with my hands as there wasn't any room in that months budget to buy a paint brush. I threw the gloves on the floor and went and bought a $2 brush from the hardware store with my own money. Quit a week later.

Quite happy working for myself but I do miss the camaraderie that comes with working with other adults, my 1 and 5 yr olds just can't hold decent conversations over the lunch room table. :lol:

 

[jambobbyb]

This is no joke but my boss spends most of his afternoon asleep at his desk. I have complained numerous times over it and was informed no one was interested in taking any action regarding it, He now hates me so when he nods off i call his desk number gets him everytime and he knows its me doing it

 

[BlueDog]

This is no joke but my boss spends most of his afternoon asleep at his desk. I have complained numerous times over it and was informed no one was interested in taking any action regarding it, He now hates me so when he nods off i call his desk number gets him everytime and he knows its me doing it

:lol: :lol: makes you wonder how some of these people make it into management.

I have a mate who worked in a uranium mine as a crusher technician he had a boss/superior who constantly big noted him self on how knowledgable he was on every aspect of the industry.

One day he was busting the technicians chops about a machinery break down, my mate got so sick of being harassed to report what the problem was he thought he's be a smartarse and as a joke told him it was a problem with the "flux capacitor" :lol: Little did my mate realise his boss was at that time in a meeting with the BHP executives in which this fool related with much pride he had discovered the problem and assured them the "flux capacitor" would be back up and running in no time.

 

[jambobbyb]

Good news is he retires in a couple of years, if im still here for his retirment bash as a present i am thinking about throwing him down the stairs The mans a dim witted lazy lying **** and everyone under him has suffered from his reign of sleepyness.

 

[Lonebudman]

I have a mate who worked in a uranium mine as a crusher technician he had a boss/superior who constantly big noted him self on how knowledgable he was on every aspect of the industry.

One day he was busting the technicians chops about a machinery break down, my mate got so sick of being harassed to report what the problem was he thought he's be a smartarse and as a joke told him it was a problem with the "flux capacitor" :lol: Little did my mate realise his boss was at that time in a meeting with the BHP executives in which this fool related with much pride he had discovered the problem and assured them the "flux capacitor" would be back up and running in no time.

ROFL That hilarious,cheers for that! :lol:

 

[Richard_H]

Some of these are bloody hilarious