The manager that doesn’t say hi, doesn’t even train you, doesn’t tell you what your responsibilities are, and only approaches you when you did something wrong
After transferring from Inspector General to DOHwys, promotion, raise, was promised training, yet no interaction, plus a few other things, so as a tenured employee, I spoke up and DOH lied, lied and lied.....I had to take early retirement. So glad I never used sick leave. Trumpstards, homophobes, liars etc.....are hard to deal with. Upon them may God have mercy.
Yep, I worked for one. He would never criticize you directly, he would always say you were doing fine if you asked him. But then he would go into executive and team meetings and make constant subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, digs at your performance. Then if you called him out on it after the meeting, he would say, "Oh come on! Everybody knew I was kidding! Lighten up!"
The boss that pretends they work hard to their superiors, but in reality they do little or nothing. It's the people below them that are working hard to make things happen.
I know one like that, he spends long time talking about NOTHING to do with work or even when everybody is busy he does not HELP, he prefers to play with his phone or use the computer for personal business, very unprofessional to say the least.
When I was promoted to a manager, I made the mistake of being a boss and not a manager. One of my team anonymously left the book "The one minute manager" on my desk. I read it over a weekend and couldn't put the book down. Come Monday morning I called a meeting and implemented everything in the book. Simply 1. making sure that everyone knows what is expected of them. 2. Catching team members doing something right, then giving them a one minute praise. 3. When someone does something wrong, call th them in to the office right away (don't delay this) and PRIVATELY tell them what they did wrong, and why it upset you, but end it up with a one minute praise about something they did RIGHT. Something like "This upset me because you are so good at all the other things that you have done. I know that you can do this better." 4. Get the team what it needs to get the job done right, then get out of their way. Don't be a micromanager.
Also you should find another word. Don't say "upset." You need to remain on the spectrum of lightly positive to neutral emotionally. You often might need a lot more than a minute to "manage." And don't forget the difference between management and leadership. Everything else is spot on. Good job!
I'd definitely add the zero communication boss. They don't tell you any nuances or preferences of how they want things done then get pissed when its not done the way they wanted. Provide no training or explanation of new workflows yet get pissed when there are mistakes the first go at it. Provides zero feedback positive or negative then dumps it all on you on your year end performance evaluation when it could have easily been addressed months ago in a meeting, or even an email.
It's always good in a meeting in front of all the other staff..... to force an rsole like that to make a decision.... including if he ducks and weaves and makes no decision.... Now everyone will go to him with every little problem and force him to make decisions..... Confirming "non decisions": with a follow up email setting out your query and the solutions you offered him but were not "decided upon" is great CYA.
My last boss because I didn’t answer a long email she sent me with a long list of all my “crimes” I was doing 🙄( which is bad on my part I admit that) instead of emailing me again, pulling me aside, or texting me (the last one she loved to do otherwise) she had one of my coworkers, (as in same position but only there a few months longer than me) send out a nasty,ignorant, disrespectful email. When I did get back to said manager about her original message and the new one I got from the coworker, I was told that “it wasn’t supposed to be offensive” and that she purposely had the coworker send me said message and she got a CC of it and thought it was fine, because before her promotion she often did the same thing 🙄🙄🙄🙄 needless to say I left very shortly after
Buddy I feel you. I would constantly check in with my manager on status updates about the schedule for a future event. Nothing and kept dismissing me by telling me “ well let you know”. Now at the last minute they starting telling us the. Schedule and none of the schedules are matching up and I am expected to be take on more responsibilities and take away my schedule for their procrastination. Let me tell you I have sent my letter of resignation. I also BEEN telling them that I didn’t plan to stay for long or that I was leaving soon. They were garbage managers.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff also worked for a narcassitic boss and also was a nightmare. Happy to say I since left and I vet and interview the crap out of my bosses now
My previous boss was an unqualified, angry, micromanaging, passive aggressive, workaholic… probably one of the most deadly multi-combinations I’ve ever had to deal with. I stayed as polite and as professional as I could during my time with the company. After gaining 9 months of experience and planning my escape, I was never so happy to leave a company in the dust.
Same here. My supervisor is unqualified he’s passive aggressive and loves to micromanage me the lonely Warehouse Associate I’m literally the ONLY WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE in my company there are no other warehouse associates just me. My supervisor has made me a list of tasks to do that has to be done that day, which is impossible. When I have to do inventory, and build shelving on top of cleaning the whole warehouse by myself it’s a medium sized warehouse but I live in the desert of Texas and it’s dusty and aren’t easy to manage, for ONE person. I try every way possible to clean it but fail at it no matter how much I go back over one spot that is really dusty than I get asked to do something else, on the fly. I rather stick with one task for a day that would take me all day which is cleaning, than the next day inventory where I’m just putting things into bins which will take me maybe 30 minutes to do, than give me other tasks to do for that day if I get done with inventory, don’t just stack tasks on tasks on me I will need an extra hand to get these done in one day.
I had a "Boss" like that once. Everyone was getting worn out dealing with her tirades and overall horrible attitude. Just an overall nasty person who would brag about it on her phone in private (I overheard her once). She decided one day that I was going to be the target for her anger and harshly berated me in front of my team for no reason at all. I let her spew her verbal mess then I calmly replied, "Do you know that everyone here gives you the finger to your back?". She looked at the crew who confirmed that by just staring at her blankly. She became SUPER angry then stomped off to our office where she started crying and throwing things around (trashed the place!). This made it to corporate, who sent her to some type of "Human Relations" course, but she quit before finishing and we never saw her again.
My current boss Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. She expect perfection and 110%. Too bad her directions are flippant and all over the place as well. She loves to belittle her underlings and talk down on them.
@@blkft And then everyone clapped. I've fantasize about telling my b*tch boss off too and her having a mental breakdown thanks to my cool and stinging response to her deranged tirades.
One I would like to add is the 'Overloader boss'; where no matter how hard you work or how much you get done, you will be told that you need to be 'quicker' or that you don't work hard enough when in reality the boss is trying to lighten his workload. I had a supervisor who was exactly like this, he was a complete nightmare to work with. He also had a high turnover rate and tried to justify it by mentioning how he 'trained' his workers up only for them to 'move on to do their own thing' (Gee, I wonder why).
I have a boss like this, no matter what he has always got a box full of complaints for me even in cases where EVERYONE knows the ball was dropped by another department his team gets the blame. He LOVES to have other teams praise him and usually he does that by blaming his own team. I have devised a new strategy for my one-on-ones …: when he asks me how is it going… I just speak non stop complaining of everything… until he gets a phone call and has to leave or the time is up. Deep inside we both know this is all a game, neither does he give a crap about the problems I face and neither do I give a crap that he gives a crap or not.
@@ronaldinojikri5682 how did that one on one strategy work out? Presently dealing with the boss you described. She’s savvy though. She knows we’re understaffed and overworked. I’ve voiced legitimate complaints in one on ones but in group settings/team meetings, she quick to feign aloofness like she was never made aware of complaints she’s heard me tell her directly
I like to use the "Do this one job and finish it as good as possible and then take the rest of the week off"-approach. (Most work we have takes several days) Its a tradeoff: My colleague will work additional hours beyond the legal limit to get the work done fast for me. To enjoy after that the time off. Its a tool I choose when I need good work done quick.
Let's not forget that it's a _privilege_ to only work 12-hours days, _normal_ people work 16-20 hours a day, that's what a Real Man would do, you are so _lucky_ they're letting you off with such light hours, because that's how you make up for the low-ass wages that are obviously all you deserve, you should be so grateful you're allowed to work here because you'll never find another job as _awesome_ as this one...
I had a boss that made fun of lower-level employees. I remember when I was 3 weeks into my internship (prior to being hired full-time), I described an issue I was having with an employee and she made fun of that employee by saying they're 40+, single with no kids, and with a plethora of issues. Completely unwarranted. She also would make fun of how others dressed, saying that an executive assistant needed a makeover. She made that comment in a meeting with other execs. They all laughed, and the assistant (with a broken leg) had only shown up to drop off a package. So glad I left that shithole.
@@earthwormscrawl yes! But there’s nothing we can do. Even if we explain, they will choose to ignore or will think that we are creating excuses to laze around. It’s really torturing to work with idiots like that! Best is to just leave.
Boy that's my boss. How he got a executive chef position is beyond me How can u claim to be a chef and u don't even know how to clean a flat top or the fryer. Don't know how to drain the cold bar. Knows nothing about sauce's building flavor layering flavor reductions really can't cook. And yet because he has a executive chef position every one thinks he does. And he's lazy and changes constantly
I've had a boss who constantly undermined my work and openly insulted me to my face. When I took my retirement and walked out, he discovered that he couldn't replace me and he had NO clue what my job entailed. The Karma Goddess bit him in his butt HARD!!!!
Need to add the 'upwardly mobile boss'. This is the boss who is hell bent on climbing the corporate ladder and quickly as possible. They will take credit for everything that goes right in a department, but when something goes wrong, they will single out a subordinate and through them under the bus. They are a nightmare to work for.
I'll give you another: The Reverse Workaholic Boss Shows up after everybody else, leaves early, and complains that his subordinates are only working 60 hours a week. He'll also show up some weekends but only just long enough to walk through to make a tally of who is slaving away so he knows who to harass on Monday that he didn't see them working on the weekend.
Yes, I have a boss like that.... I could give an example of how he ticks every box from last week alone!!! Planning on leaving just need to get my ducks in a row 1st.... not healthy to be exposed to these toxic behaviours on a daily basis when your at work for majority of your time!!! You always find a high turnover of staff along with a few die hard employees too scared to leave because they invested years of their lives there!!!
The Narcissist, the Micromanager, and the Unqualified all go hand in hand. I've worked for someone who was all three. A charming Narcissist will woo their way up the ladder, not know how to do their job, and redirect all negative attention to you by micromanaging you and dragging you and your rep through the dirt.
my boss is 1+5+6+7... i think thats the worst combo lol ... edit... found somehting new and quited a week after i wrote this.. old boss looked shocked haha
Exactly! That is what my current supervisor is like-all three of those! And the only thing you can really do is find another job, which is exactly what I did! 😊
As a manager myself, this video really helped me evaluate whether I possess any of the distasteful traits mentioned. Videos like this allow bosses to ensure they aren't expecting too much from their employees and allows them to identify problem areas in their leadership style. Thank you.
Oh this is so helpful. I've been self employed for years because I never really fit in with corporate and this was just better; I'm adhd and would be really productive in the morning and finish early, do extra, then still have nothing to do for half the afternoon. Every boss I had hated that. 🤦♀️
I would love to hear about how you managed to find success for yourself and make your own way as an adult with ADHD. I tend to focus on super fast paced roles just so that I'm never stuck with too much downtime to let my mind wander. I'll need to start my own business eventually.
Wow this so used to be me, I know I can work 3 times faster than anyone, but due to the issues you painted there I just don’t do it anymore. So many bosses are focused on how many hours they are paying you for, rather than actual productivity
You're going to love this one. I had a boss who insisted that he didn't want to micromanage. Threw it in your face every time you asked a question about procedure. Yet, when I did make a decision without his knowledge, he would come at me all angry and indignant - demanding to know why I didn't call and consult him about the situation. I finally figured out he only wanted to be in on the big stuff, so he could go back to his superiors, telling them that the particular project in question had turned out well due to his input. A real no-win situation.
I took a new job exactly 2 months and 1 week ago. My boss is a nightmare. The expectations he sets are beyond unreasonable. I've been working late nights and even weekends since I started just to meet 3/4s of his 'onboarding' expectations. And yet, every meeting I have with this guy is about how I'm underperforming and failing to meet his expectations. Did I mention I've been here for 2 months? We're having our employee evaluations at the end of this month and he gave me a very professional warning that my evaluations would not look good. Who does that to a guy whose barely figured out where all the bathrooms are at yet? I mean... this is not my first rodeo. I've been in the professional office space, in this industry, for 13 years. I would get and understand... being this critical of a new employee if they were totally dropping the ball. If they missed half their meetings; displayed little to no growth; or were drunk half the time. But I'm busting my ass... working all day in the office; all night in my living room and all weekend at a Starbucks. And... compared to every other job I've had... I'm doing great! I've never learned this much, this fast in my life! And yet, despite it all.... despite the hard work I'm doing... I get nothing but negative feedback and disappointment from this guy. And, oh- yes... I've talked to him about it 4 times now. We talk right past each other. He makes sure every conversation ends with me understanding his reiterated expectations. That's it! There's no compromise; no realignment; no game- plan. It's just, "Here's what I want... Is that clear... do you have any questions?" Well, I'll tell you that... If he doesnt like my production numbers now... he's certainly not going to like them in the weeks to come. Because I'll be working on my resume and doing job interviews.
@@___erika Ha! Thanks for the response. That was almost a full year ago... and I got a new job within 3 months of that posting. A new job, by the way, where they like me; appreciate me; and value my contributions. Exact same pay-- I should mention, only with a much larger bonus. But... everything I said about that guy and that position was entirely true. Reviewing my resume... my average time spent with a company is 4.5 years. Time spent with that company: 2.5 months. That should tell you something.
@@thegreatinterpreter8382 Are they coming through with that bonus? It's a nasty technique...keep your pay down and say to you "Fetch boy, fetch"....setting targets that you just miss so no bonus...and of course...no permanent rise in pay. Better to get 5% increase year on year than a "bonus promise" that is never achievable....
one year later - I read your story and saw myself in it.. did you manage to find another employter nd how is it going now? How did - I hope - already previous boss react when he found out he was loosing you? God bless you. EDIT: - ok - I just foung your answer from 8 months ago :) but still would be inetersted how you are doing in the new company
Another reason why a friend boss can be a bad boss is that they would use the friendship they developed with the team members to suck every one into a clique. They might be friends with you and other team members, but most likely, they're also the enemy to other teams in the company, which would directly or indirectly make you an enemy to other teams. That could eventually hurt your future in this company.
Yes. This and friend bosses know they can use that loyalty leverage to basically guilt you in doing “favors” like working more and taking on more responsibilities. It’s awful and I never want to be in that dynamic again. Sadly i didn’t realize that just cause my boss was a friend doesn’t mean they were a good boss. Friend bosses will throw you under the bus if they feel like using you.
I was just talking to a colleague who said their spouse was great friends with a manager who talked them into not filing a Workmen’s Comp. claim for a work injury which many years down the road they are still suffering from. They should have had knee surgery at the time but got talked out of it by the “friend“ boss. Terrible.
My boss is narcissistic, but he's also an angry boss + a workaholic + a micromanager. Working with him is hell on earth. In the past, I had no idea bosses like that even existed. This is a huge eye-opener for me.
Leave. If you think you can't leave immediately, focus all of your energy on finding a way to get away from this person. Life is too short for this shit.
It's actually getting harder to find jobs with good bosses. Most bosses don't really care much about thier employees anyways, unless it starts to affect the company's bottom line. By then, too many good people may have lost their jobs.
Workaholic boss can be ok, but only if they make explicit callouts to make it very clear that they don't expect that same level of work from you - e.g. weekend emails etc. My current boss is a workaholic but has never ever expected his team to do the same.
Mine is the same, she works crazy hours. But had told me she doesn’t expect the same. That if she sends a email or IM after hours, she doesn’t expect an answer. She will call if it’s an emergency and really needs something. I ❤️ her.
I’ve experienced every bad boss imaginable. I’ve been the boss too and had to learn when I was younger, what not to do, to be a better boss. I never had a mentor for most of my development. Good video, thanks.
I had a boss in the past who got mad at me for calling on a bad weather day. I live 30 minutes out, and the roads were iced up. I called her saying I can't make it in (this was my very first call in.) And the next day, she scolded me saying to not call in again for a bad weather day like that and its not acceptable.
I had a coworker who lived on the far outskirts of our metropolitan area, closer to the mountains. She tried to make it in on an icy day, but the Dept of Transportation had closed the roads in her area, so she called out. The boss called her at home and got angry with her. She was even told she should have anticipated this and rented a hotel room in town the night before. The kicker? The boss was calling from her house because she stayed home too!
This past winter we had a real bad for our area snow 12" im a trucker home every night. I called off. The office was shocked. They gave me a vacation day.
I live in the mountains where we get up to 2 feet snow, blizzards..white outs. I had 13 days saved. We got hit with 3 blizzards in 8 days. BIG ones! I have a 4x4, but couldnt get out of my driveway. The plows had made an embankment 4 feet high- 45 mph winds- snowing 2"/hr. I couldn't SEE 50 feet!! All airports closed, travel advisory...no cars on the road...I was reprimanded. I did it again. Written up. 3rd time- fired.
I work for an Aloof Boss. He came from a different department from mine. Five months down the line and he still doesn't know what we do and isn't prepared to at least try to find out. As a result of this we aren't being managed effectively. He thinks he knows everything and has tried to train a new member of staff, but this caused issues because the work wasn't being done properly. If any of us let him know that something isn't being done properly he shuts us down and refuses to listen. I used to love my job but now I can't wait to leave.
The “dont ever take breaks, your here to work” boss. This boss is a variation of micromanager who, the moment you do something foolish like go to the bathroom once in a while, he/she freaks out on you for it. You get reprimanded for using the bathroom once in a while. While excess bathroom breaks can become a problem, when you gotta go you gotta go. And being extremely uncomfortable on the job can greatly increase stress. This boss is also often a perfectionist, for example stressing out over aht(regardless of average call difficulty and luck, major factors in aht).
Can confirm. I worked in retail for only 4 years and I saw literally every single type of boss on this list at least once sometimes multiple at the same time. Retail is one of the hells of working environments
@@narius4241 same I worked retail for 3 years and had multiple managers. I cried many times working for them. I wasn't off of my 10 minute break yet and a boss told me I was late..like what? 10 seconds late?? Tf?? A customer was horribly rude to me, I complained about how awful the customer was (like literally customer yelled at me for checking his case since it was store policy to do so) then the boss turns around and says, "welcome to customer service."
Retail is the worst. Retail employees are severely underpaid, under appreciated and under admired. It requires mental toughness. I did well at my last retail job and still was upset at all of the b.s. I witnessed directed at others. There was too much passive aggressiveness too.
The micromanager is literally killing me. My health is deteriorating. Bern hospitalized twice. Turn over is high. Prior to her joining, I was praised on my ability to get things done. They hired this person and my peace of mind shattered. No sleep. Flare ups of illnesses. Lack of motivation abounds where I was extremely self driven and a go getter. Independent thinkers and doers shrivel under micromanagement.
Just leave, theres no point in staying in a environment like that. I started working in a place like that, the boss needed to know where I was at all times of the day, and everything I did was scrutinized with negativity. Asking for help was treated as a burden (the manager almost raised their voice when I asked them for clarification on a task) and I wasnt told exactly what was required of me on a given task, everything was explained in vague and general terms and I was just expected to do and it was never good enough. I resigned after a month, theres no point in wasting your time in these environments nothing you do will be good enough... go somewhere where your efforts are appreciated.
@@Jerkwad152 Of course so it is not a simple easy solution. Changing jobs means you have to work towards a job that allows you to take care of your responsibilities. Telling someone to just get another job is asinine.
Watched my boss that I have worked off and on with for nearly 14yrs up and quit the company. It raised a huge red flag. He was getting beat down constantly from upper management and decided enough was enough and walked with no job lined up. Well I wasn't going to wait to bear the brunt of the fall out as his replacement can fit into several of the categories mentioned in the video. Looking to move on as the current job isn't worth the stress and headaches that have just begun. When you see 6 employees bolt for the door in the last 5 months something is definitely not right.
Loads of bipolar and ADD bosses and peers out there. I worked with a guy who had a traumatic brain injury. He'd go into such fits of anger several times we'd lock ourselves in the washroom for safety. Our supervisor covered for him till one day he tore into a maintenance guy with a fist fight.
My last bad boss was the unprofessional. She would mess around on Amazon in the office, lay around, and talk about inappropriate subjects. She later had the nerve to question my productivity. I hadn't been that pissed off at a boss in years.
OMG, after having worked for 10 years in one and the same company I dealt almost only with these types of bosses and drew a conclusion that only narcissistic personality or nepotism will make someone a boss...You opened my eyes to the fact that there are normal and qualified bosses in this world too. Thanks for that. A huge thumb up and a sub from my side.
They are few and far between like a good bosses video would be really short. I have had the privilege of working with a few. They operate from a place of reality, optimism, and care. They are self-aware, honest, and team oriented.
I worked with someone that I considered a friend once. She was my direct manager and things went horribly wrong for a lot of reasons too long to explain in a comment. But I would advise anyone to think twice before taking a job where your friend is your direct manager (or boss), you might end up losing a friendship or realizing you never even had one.
This just literally happened to me. I actually hate my former friend now. All he cares about is making as many cheap bucks as possible and everything else is secondary
I’m a team manager in my company and actually came to these videos (starting with toxic work environment) to get perspective and see if I myself fit any of these types for my employees. I do actually have to consciously resist being aloof, a work-a-holic, or timid so it’s good to have a reminder and signs to look out for. Still need to check out the rest of your videos, but thank you for posting these. :)
Don't forget to add the "I'm better than you boss" Where they often dismiss your ideas, talk you down and hold you back or feel threatened by your skillset. Great video!
@Soy Orbison That's great that you've been self-aware enough to identify the problem was on your side and needed to be fixed. Kudos to you for sure. Glad it worked out.
I used to have a boss who would fall into the 'angry' category I guess, but his anger was expressed in passive agressive remarks and calm belittling in front of the entire office (which consisted of 6 people), rather than shouting. This man came across as charismatic at first, but then whenever I did something wrong he would make me feel incompetent. My already low self esteem had crumbled by the time I left / was let go (it was a mutual termination of my contract). That was 1.5 year ago and I'm much better off now.
If you’re a manager or a supervisor, never ever become friends with your subordinates. They will try to gain favoritism over their coworkers and challenge your authority because they will feel you are on their side. They’ll also bring down morale within your department. Only become friends with your peers. You’ve been warned.
Learned this many years ago. I can honestly say one lady I supervised long ago didn't expect anything from it and became my peer soon after. Still keep in touch with her
Lol, you must have a weak personality. Just shut that shit down when it happens and move on. They don't get favoritism and they can't take away confidence if you don't give it.
@@dariankaltenbach8062. I had to laugh at your first sentence. You don’t know me well enough. Anyway, try leading with a, “shut that shit down,” approach to everything. It will get you no where with today’s workforce. Some issues definitely need to be addressed immediately, and others have gray areas. Just saying.
I worked at powersports shop where the owner basically hired every employee from the recovery program that got him clean. It was awful for me. All the addicts quickly clicked up and working with them was a nightmare.
Great content. I can't help but feel these are traits of bad bosses, because I am identifying multiple traits mentioned in the video from a single boss. I have had multiple terrible bosses, and it caused some serious PTSD.
Unexpectedly spot on for a UA-cam video. The friend boss is probably the most pernicious. All of the others are easy to identify and detach from, but letting a friend down is a hard thing to do.
I’m a workaholic boss. I don’t send my team emails after hours. I save them in draft form, and state whether it is an FYI or something they need to address. I then send the drafts out the morning they’re scheduled to be in.
I once had a boss who was a combination of the micromanager, incompetent (without realizing it) and nepotism. Prior to meeting her, I believed the aphorism that there’s no such thing as a stupid question. After attending several meetings with this manager, I can assure you that there really are stupid questions. Lots of them.
At my last job the manager was a narcissist and a micromanager. She fails to realize how deplorable the training was yet blames you for not learning things properly. Then she says that she’s just trying to help me but I’m being “unreceptive”. Her micromanaging made me uncomfortable and I kept messing up even more (which led to me getting written up at one point). She even yelled at me because I hadn’t been trained on radiographs (I was a vet assistant) and everyone was watching. I decided I had enough and came in on my day off to hand in an immediate resignation letter. I loved my job and the doctors were amazing but the manager made the job unbearable.
I had a boss who I considered a friend. We both knew the jobs we had to do but at the end of the day we appreciated each other. Work got done on both ends.
#11: The lying boss / the boss that doesn't operate in reality: I've literally had a boss who for instance would say "You never sent me this deliverable" or "You didn't send it by the deadline." I would then re-forward the boss the email where I sent the deliverable (with time/datestamp), including email replies where they even replied to say "thanks" and confirmed receipt, only to at a later point have them claim the deliverable was never sent. Upon re-forwarding the email showing proof the deliverable was sent with the time/datestamp, they still denied it was sent...at all. To be clear, this was not a case of it wasn't done right, or wasn't done to their satisfaction, no this was the person literally claiming it simple wasn't done at all. Bosses in general that go around making blatantly FALSE claims, unsupported claims, etc. are toxic. It's practically impossible to work in an environment where your boss claims you didn't do the things you actually did.
Yes, when I told my boss that his voice mail didn’t come through clearly, he said I didn’t send you a voicemail. Sooo, I just forwarded it back to him. Straight up,and turned left describes the response 🤣😂🤣
I got a job delivering pizza. The first day the owner was yelling at an employee. I said " this is too much aggression ", boss asked the employee what I said then the boss told his brother ( boss ) and he never said a word. Every employee was DEAD silent, I'm the real man and we need employees to be strong and say what they want to say. Don't be scared of ANY BOSSES EVER let them have it and they'll feel embarrassed like the boss in this story.
I think bosses tend to be a mix of characteristics. If talking about bad bosses, my last one: narcissistic, workaholic, aloof, micromanager, and angry. She also clearly demonstrated that she was unqualified, but noone ever found out how she got the position, so maybe prior to that position she might have been the bee's knees, who knows?
I love your channell . I just had a boss that was so bad, this is really helping me,first red flag she doesnt interview people , she just hires them on the spot. She also tells people they need to find their own replacement when calling in.
I once met a nepotism boss that used their connections to get better working conditions for the team they managed. The boss knew they could get away with most anything due to their position, so the boss would go to bat for employees knowing that he could push boundaries that no one else could to his team's benefit.
rare and seldom - in this particular case the nepotism was used as an asset - w good sign for the future of this person who happened to be a boss all of a sudden :)
I just got let go from a job yesterday! I had only worked for this guy- a private homeowner, splitting logs... I recognized his severe personality disorder in the first 3 min on meeting him. BUT! I needed $$! He was Narcissistic- Psychopath. Admitted he was a felon- murder. 10 years prison...The guy scared me! Like REALLY...He was irrational, and violent. Breaking a rake because of something he thought of?? I dont know? Nothing I did...He was quiet, then started talking to himself, then getting more wound up..till he was walking around his yard hitting his head, and yelling things...frothing at the mouth, he picked up a rake, and broke it over his knee, and...still cursing..went inside his home?? 2 hours later, he came out with ice tea for us... 2 hours later? Another like episode, and I was just told "Go Home!" ...as he ranted on about ??? Unreal...never met this type in all my life!!! CRAZY MAN. Literally...psychotic.
Wonderful, excellent presentation. This fellow has REALLY done his homework, and speaks from experience. I am now retired after a working career that spanned 40 years. Honestly, at one time or another, I endured everyone of these "bad boss" types; and calling them "bad" is the equivalent of calling the Pacific Ocean a "little fishing pond!" But, as one commenter has observed, this video is a "godsend" to those who are early in their careers. Let's face the dirt truth ... many people should NEVER be elevated to, or allowed to be supervisor.
okay, i came here straight from the toxic workplace video... and can proudly (and sadly) announce that my previous workplace had 8 out of 10 types. no wonder why my mental health is still regenerating 4 month after i left them.
Thank you, I appreciate this video more than I can convey. I am diagnosed neurodivergent worker working in a toxic environment and this video has encouraged me to find something better. Thank you!
Another type of Bad Boss - the reluctant boss. This one was promoted by senior management without consulting them but they are not given support, mentoring, additional resources or extra pay. Companies try this procedure so that saving in recruiting more experienced and expensive managers. The reluctant boss would feel demotivated by having this level of responsibilities, working extra hours for no extra reward. Companies would often tell them that if they hit all their KPI's they would be "considered" in getting a pay rise.
The worst part about both the aloof and the unqualified boss is that since they don’t know how to look anything up themselves they need you to answer for them IMMEDIATELY so they don’t look stupid.
Don't forget the yes man boss. No matter what is asked of him the answer is always yes we can do that even if it's not possible. I always love it whenever they say we can do it when you never receive any help from them.
'Boss' is also a title that few superiors qualify to be called. My recent boss was excellent and I called her as such. One of the signs of the work environment she managed was joy amongst her staff. We worked hard for her because it was worth it. I know what difficult superiors are like, there is no joy in the atmosphere and colleagues verbally protect themselves when things go wrong; "It wasn't me, it was his job, or she was the one who did that."
I had a boss that was an aloof, manic depressive boss, narcissistic and a micromanager all in one, with a flight of ideas and unrealistic expectations. She was a nightmare as you never knew what to expect. She was not able to perform any of our jobs, she would have random, emergency meetings to blow some situation way out of proportion. She even went as far as to hold the group hostage in these meetings. She tried to write me up for texting her with a 911 type text after I had been trying for a couple of hours to reach her, due to a death in the family so I could leave. They died before I could get there. If I would have left without notifying her, she would have fired me for patient abandonment. Worst boss I ever had in 40+ years and there were other doozies.
I have never had a GREAT BOSS. I have had a couple of "OK" ones earlier in my working life. In my 21 year working career MOST Bosses seem to fall under this list of 10 Bad Boss Types. That is sad!
Same here I m now retired. Thinking back, if I had some ok bosses, the majority were bad bosses, including a few very nasty ones.The 4 worst types in my experience : the angry- the narcissistic-the micromanager-the workalcolic
...when I was looking for a psychiatrist to diagnose my ASD last year I came across one that dealt specifically with "toxic work culture induced trauma".... says it all about the state of the work force these days!
Awesome videos. I’ve got an angry micromanaging boss. Two on my team got in a fight over my training and my boss got in trouble as the fight went up the chain. 5 weeks in to a new job and my boss hates me over the actions of my team members.
In extention to the friend boss there is also the fake friend boss. I had one of those who was acting like a friend on the surface, but was using the information I gave him as a friend against me and when I left the company he tried to use that "firendship" as a lever for talking me into staying despite fully knowing I was angry about being betrayed like that.
Excellent list! Not just "griping about bosses" at all! I've had many jobs and contracts over 40 years and had at least one of most of these and your analysis and descriptions ring true. A good boss can make a job wonderful... it's true what they say: "you never quit a job, you quit a boss. "
Unfortunately, the narcissistic boss is more common than stats show. Fortunately, because there are publically available resources, more people are aware of this type of behaviour and are consciously learning how to deal with it in a way that keeps their sanity intact. Great job.
No offense to this HR Manager. The real question with all due respect is how did he personally improve his own work environments? I have never met an HR Manager personally who has ever helped any employee in any toxic work environment other than to help them to the unemployment line. Bad bosses are easy to spot simply because the vast majority are just that, bad bosses. They have no idea how to motivate, how to navigate, how to investigate, or even how to control the self-appointed shot callers simply because their only function is protecting management issues, nothing more
One other type of boss I've seen, although I've seen this only in the military, is the bully boss. They will choose certain people and no matter how hard those people try, they'll be treated like crap (yelling, gaslighting, destroying/vandalizing their stuff, very mean spirited "pranks", etc). On top of that, those who want to get in good with the bully will pick on those people too, so it creates a highly toxic environment for those people the bully chose. Being as its military, the people being targeted can't just quit, and changing work centers due to harassment/bullying of that sort is not always easy since its your word vs their word...and nobody will speak on the victims' behalf because they don't want to risk being the next target.
Last meeting w/last boss I had before going on my own: "I don't work for you. I work for me. In fact, I hate working for you, and I hate being in this toxic wage-slave environment. I trade my time and skill for pay, but you think I owe you more than that, to which I say no. If you want more than my time clock hours and my skill with customers, you can forget it. I agree to the things in my job description. If you don't like it, that's TFB!" His ego was so badly bruised he called Corp HR and got me fired. Best thing that happened to me at that company.
Fourteen years of my fifteen-year career were spent working for bad bosses at nine different companies. Some of my most hated memories relate to employment. Boss types 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 apply, in various combinations. I quit my last job in 2019 and have been self-employed ever since. It's nice to feel human again.
In summary: 1. the narcissist boss 2. the aloof boss 3. the workaholic boss 4. the absent boss 5. the angry boss 6. the micromanager 7. the unqualified boss 8. the nepotism boss 9. the timid boss 10. the friend boss Keep in mind that one person can combine several traits. I personally experiences #1+2+6+7+8 in just one supervisor. Result: change of employer as soon as I could!!!
That POS I work for is biased, shitty, and corrupt as an absent boss. He disappears in the office when I go to lunch, instead of watching and judging what the other laborers are doing. He only judges me-- And I do the work. He's Hellbent on getting rid of me. #7,8&10 also relates
Narcissistic, micromanaging, nepotism boss nearly killed me. These descriptions are spot on and don’t forget that sometimes the boss demonstrates many of these behaviors.
I'm retired now, but spent 47 years in the workforce in many different types of jobs. The REAL unfortunate thing about bad bosses is EVEN IF you get a truly good one--which is very rare indeed--there is often a really bad boss ABOVE him or her. In fact, there is often a bad boss on the TWO tiers above him or her. And if your boss's boss is horrible, it doesn't matter much that your immediate supervisor or manager is great. They are screwed, and you may be, too. But take heart! Value yourself, and never let the pricks get you down, no matter HOW "important" they are!
Wow this describes nearly half of my work place, and I have a narc boss to top it off. Increably pompous jerk. Definitely relate to the micro managers finding time to catch all your mistakes, like a set up. Yet they never find the time or interest in helping you when you need them. To busy chatting with peers, and playing on their phone.
Or in my case she was both a micromanager and unavailable when I had questions. Not even a months worth of uncomplete training and she expected me to know everything and be perfect.
Shocking how many of these I have had.... In fact, I can think of only two good bosses I have had in the last 20 years! Generally I find that a good boss is one you keep in touch with after you or they move on, either professionally or personally & professionally.
Another trait of a bad boss is a boss who doesn’t want to communicate.. Communication is an important aspect to every job and it is very crucial to have a very clear top down communication in order to allow the team to drive the organisation towards its goal..
A former boss of mine was the narcissist, the unavoidable, and the micromanager all at once. She wanted us to post about the company and its products multiple times a day. We had to change all of our social media to fit the company’s name into both our bio and our account names. When she got everyone Christmas gifts they were fairly expensive and she encouraged us to post about them. To me it felt like she wasn’t giving us these fancy gifts because she cared about us. Instead it felt like she wanted to let everyone online know just how successful SHE the owner was that she could afford all of these gifts. When I was in training she would breath down my neck and look at every tiny thing I did and judge it. But she would often leave the building without telling anyone or say she’ll just be gone for an hour or two and then never come back. When I had questions or needed help, no one was there to help me.
Another boss found in mid-level positions in multi-levelled companies is the "delegator". This guy will delegate his own work both downwards to his team and upward to his own boss, thereby avoiding as much of his own responsibilities. He is the epitome of laziness and usually exhibits various other traits such as narcissism, absenteeism and a lack of awareness of his or other people's responsibilities. He will sometimes encourage his team to copy his practice of work avoidance. He usually has no work ethic and will not respect the goals of the company or department. Generally his expense account will be much higher each month than the other managers around him. Most of his work time will be spent in ingratiating himself to his superiors, especially his direct boss who he will manipulate heavily to keep his position. The downfall of such a boss usually comes when a new manager replaces his boss.
Number 12: The gaslighting Boss. They will tear everything you down and belittle you while using performance management tools to make you think that what they are doing is actually allowed
I watched this video to see if I do any of these things. my feedback after watching is 1) there is no way to avoid exhibiting some of these characteristics and have leadership/fiduciary responsibility, 2) saying that feels weird, 3) I think being self-aware is a really good start here. Thanks for the info.
i used to work for a place with a supervisor and a manager always breathing down my neck and would nitpick at my work. things like, "you forgot to put a period there" or i"f you have downtime, you need to email everyone on the team and see if you can assist. "
My recent micromanaging boss was also a nepotism boss..she got her daughter hired..I had both of them giving me hell, I told the boss to get out of my ass. Three weeks later, they were gone.
I had a micromanager who was inexperienced. He was the biggest manipulator and undermined people and would act like nothing happened to HR. He was such a phoney And extremely defensive. He would ride the coatails of good sales reps, was way overpaid and ran too many meetings to justify his friends jobs that took people away from their jobs
Really great video, I went from 1+3+5 to 2+4+10, and I can clearly see the bad aspects of the latter profile as well, specially the friendship aspect and lack of developing feedback
My current boss is narcissist, anger, micromanager, unqualified She screwed my happiness from the day one I stayed only cz of money due to bank loans but now I'm free from toxic place even team act accordingly to boss to save their ass. Thanks for explaining so nicely I like your channel
I love this channel so much. After this video, I am understanding some experiences I have encountered in the past, understanding why certain experiences possibly happened to a boss I had. I had a friend boss. They were my Assistant Manager at a restaurant. I observed that coporate management moved them around to manage various locations. The Assistant Manager showed outstanding work ethic and was interested in becoming a General Manager. They never were promoted and before watching this video, I never understood why they never got promoted. After watching this video, I think I know the possible reasons why they were never promoted. They probably made friends in every restaurant location they worked for, therefore management may have thought that if this was the case: 1) How would anyone take them seriously if they became the General Manager? Maybe no one was taking them seriously as is. Maybe people thought they could get away with alot of things. 2) Would they be able to give appropriate professional feedback to people or if they did, would people not take it seriously or get defensive because that person's behavior within their friendship with them is so much different and even approved than maybe their professional behavior which could also cause confusion between parties. I was so wrapped up in this person not getting promoted that I never thought of why. I really appreciate these videos, helping me to see the facts, possible facts, and to look at my own professional life in a logical, practical, and objective way instead of getting wrapped up in my feelings.
The manager that doesn’t say hi, doesn’t even train you, doesn’t tell you what your responsibilities are, and only approaches you when you did something wrong
Wow I’ve had a few of those
My best friends husband was hired by an Indian firm that fits this to a T.
Going through this just now. Very rude and unhelpful, just ignoring any questions or further training requests.
That's exactly the type of boss I have right now and have had often in the past and I am beyond sick and tired of this boss type. :(
After transferring from Inspector General to DOHwys, promotion, raise, was promised training, yet no interaction, plus a few other things, so as a tenured employee, I spoke up and DOH lied, lied and lied.....I had to take early retirement. So glad I never used sick leave. Trumpstards, homophobes, liars etc.....are hard to deal with. Upon them may God have mercy.
Number 11: Passive Aggressive Boss
Gives cold shoulder, undermines your work secretly, and never tells you what they expect of you.
Can't believe this wasn't covered.
I just quit my job last Friday because I had two bosses that did this to me.
Yep, I worked for one. He would never criticize you directly, he would always say you were doing fine if you asked him. But then he would go into executive and team meetings and make constant subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, digs at your performance. Then if you called him out on it after the meeting, he would say, "Oh come on! Everybody knew I was kidding! Lighten up!"
Or he is good cop at the beginning of the sprint, and then bad cop at the end of the sprint.
YESSsSSss
The boss that pretends they work hard to their superiors, but in reality they do little or nothing. It's the people below them that are working hard to make things happen.
happens all the time
Isn't that every director & above?
@@whitepod Yep
If the world were right, they'd be the ones in the low position;
Too many wrong people are in charge--and being put in charge, ' in this world '
I know one like that, he spends long time talking about NOTHING to do with work or even when everybody is busy he does not HELP, he prefers to play with his phone or use the computer for personal business, very unprofessional to say the least.
When I was promoted to a manager, I made the mistake of being a boss and not a manager. One of my team anonymously left the book "The one minute manager" on my desk. I read it over a weekend and couldn't put the book down. Come Monday morning I called a meeting and implemented everything in the book. Simply 1. making sure that everyone knows what is expected of them. 2. Catching team members doing something right, then giving them a one minute praise. 3. When someone does something wrong, call th them in to the office right away (don't delay this) and PRIVATELY tell them what they did wrong, and why it upset you, but end it up with a one minute praise about something they did RIGHT. Something like "This upset me because you are so good at all the other things that you have done. I know that you can do this better." 4. Get the team what it needs to get the job done right, then get out of their way. Don't be a micromanager.
You read it and implemented it? RARE. Good for you!!
Took me 30 secs to read this. Lol.
Also you should find another word. Don't say "upset." You need to remain on the spectrum of lightly positive to neutral emotionally. You often might need a lot more than a minute to "manage." And don't forget the difference between management and leadership. Everything else is spot on. Good job!
what kind work was it? i am not sure these kind of things apply to engineering type of work enivornment.
@@jsc3417 Yes it does indeed. We were an engineering Solutions group.
Then there's the sea-gull manager. They fly in occasionally, crap all oaver everything you're trying to do then leave again.
Thank you for this 😂😂
Greetings from 🇭🇷
Yes! Also known as "swoop and poop" managers!
This is my boss!
Love this analogy. You summed up one of many faults of my previous boss.
LMAO
I'd definitely add the zero communication boss. They don't tell you any nuances or preferences of how they want things done then get pissed when its not done the way they wanted. Provide no training or explanation of new workflows yet get pissed when there are mistakes the first go at it. Provides zero feedback positive or negative then dumps it all on you on your year end performance evaluation when it could have easily been addressed months ago in a meeting, or even an email.
It's always good in a meeting in front of all the other staff.....
to force an rsole like that to make a decision....
including if he ducks and weaves and makes no decision....
Now everyone will go to him with every little problem and force him to make decisions.....
Confirming "non decisions": with a follow up email setting out your query and the solutions you offered him but were not "decided upon" is great CYA.
My boss refused to respond to my emails, then criticizes me at meetings about unfinished work that depends on his responses. I left.
had a boss who yelled at me to fish out the email she didnt even sent me..
My last boss because I didn’t answer a long email she sent me with a long list of all my “crimes” I was doing 🙄( which is bad on my part I admit that) instead of emailing me again, pulling me aside, or texting me (the last one she loved to do otherwise) she had one of my coworkers, (as in same position but only there a few months longer than me) send out a nasty,ignorant, disrespectful email. When I did get back to said manager about her original message and the new one I got from the coworker, I was told that “it wasn’t supposed to be offensive” and that she purposely had the coworker send me said message and she got a CC of it and thought it was fine, because before her promotion she often did the same thing 🙄🙄🙄🙄 needless to say I left very shortly after
My boss used to do this!! Stayed about 3 months before quitting on the spot
Buddy I feel you. I would constantly check in with my manager on status updates about the schedule for a future event. Nothing and kept dismissing me by telling me “ well let you know”. Now at the last minute they starting telling us the. Schedule and none of the schedules are matching up and I am expected to be take on more responsibilities and take away my schedule for their procrastination. Let me tell you I have sent my letter of resignation. I also BEEN telling them that I didn’t plan to stay for long or that I was leaving soon. They were garbage managers.
@@cassier3544never put any response to accusations in writing. You were being baited into implying truth to any number of likely false accusations
Dude, this channel is literally a godsend. I am under a narcissistic boss and it is a nightmare. I gotta take your dream job package man.
I appreciate your kindness, Leavon!
I've been there. Stay positive! Also, get out of there!
been there in the last year, get out as soon as you can
He should do a good boss version cause honestly every boss i can even think of is one of these arc types.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff also worked for a narcassitic boss and also was a nightmare. Happy to say I since left and I vet and interview the crap out of my bosses now
My previous boss was an unqualified, angry, micromanaging, passive aggressive, workaholic… probably one of the most deadly multi-combinations I’ve ever had to deal with. I stayed as polite and as professional as I could during my time with the company. After gaining 9 months of experience and planning my escape, I was never so happy to leave a company in the dust.
Same! My manager in my previous job was the exact same way. She was an awful person. I was so glad to get away from her.
Same here. My supervisor is unqualified he’s passive aggressive and loves to micromanage me the lonely Warehouse Associate I’m literally the ONLY WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE in my company there are no other warehouse associates just me.
My supervisor has made me a list of tasks to do that has to be done that day, which is impossible. When I have to do inventory, and build shelving on top of cleaning the whole warehouse by myself it’s a medium sized warehouse but I live in the desert of Texas and it’s dusty and aren’t easy to manage, for ONE person. I try every way possible to clean it but fail at it no matter how much I go back over one spot that is really dusty than I get asked to do something else, on the fly. I rather stick with one task for a day that would take me all day which is cleaning, than the next day inventory where I’m just putting things into bins which will take me maybe 30 minutes to do, than give me other tasks to do for that day if I get done with inventory, don’t just stack tasks on tasks on me I will need an extra hand to get these done in one day.
I had a "Boss" like that once. Everyone was getting worn out dealing with her tirades and overall horrible attitude. Just an overall nasty person who would brag about it on her phone in private (I overheard her once).
She decided one day that I was going to be the target for her anger and harshly berated me in front of my team for no reason at all.
I let her spew her verbal mess then I calmly replied, "Do you know that everyone here gives you the finger to your back?".
She looked at the crew who confirmed that by just staring at her blankly. She became SUPER angry then stomped off to our office where she started crying and throwing things around (trashed the place!).
This made it to corporate, who sent her to some type of "Human Relations" course, but she quit before finishing and we never saw her again.
My current boss Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter. She expect perfection and 110%. Too bad her directions are flippant and all over the place as well. She loves to belittle her underlings and talk down on them.
@@blkft And then everyone clapped. I've fantasize about telling my b*tch boss off too and her having a mental breakdown thanks to my cool and stinging response to her deranged tirades.
One I would like to add is the 'Overloader boss'; where no matter how hard you work or how much you get done, you will be told that you need to be 'quicker' or that you don't work hard enough when in reality the boss is trying to lighten his workload.
I had a supervisor who was exactly like this, he was a complete nightmare to work with. He also had a high turnover rate and tried to justify it by mentioning how he 'trained' his workers up only for them to 'move on to do their own thing' (Gee, I wonder why).
I have a boss like this, no matter what he has always got a box full of complaints for me even in cases where EVERYONE knows the ball was dropped by another department his team gets the blame. He LOVES to have other teams praise him and usually he does that by blaming his own team.
I have devised a new strategy for my one-on-ones …: when he asks me how is it going… I just speak non stop complaining of everything… until he gets a phone call and has to leave or the time is up. Deep inside we both know this is all a game, neither does he give a crap about the problems I face and neither do I give a crap that he gives a crap or not.
@@ronaldinojikri5682 how did that one on one strategy work out? Presently dealing with the boss you described. She’s savvy though. She knows we’re understaffed and overworked. I’ve voiced legitimate complaints in one on ones but in group settings/team meetings, she quick to feign aloofness like she was never made aware of complaints she’s heard me tell her directly
I like to use the "Do this one job and finish it as good as possible and then take the rest of the week off"-approach. (Most work we have takes several days)
Its a tradeoff: My colleague will work additional hours beyond the legal limit to get the work done fast for me. To enjoy after that the time off.
Its a tool I choose when I need good work done quick.
Damn thats my boss right now.
Let's not forget that it's a _privilege_ to only work 12-hours days, _normal_ people work 16-20 hours a day, that's what a Real Man would do, you are so _lucky_ they're letting you off with such light hours, because that's how you make up for the low-ass wages that are obviously all you deserve, you should be so grateful you're allowed to work here because you'll never find another job as _awesome_ as this one...
I had a boss that made fun of lower-level employees.
I remember when I was 3 weeks into my internship (prior to being hired full-time), I described an issue I was having with an employee and she made fun of that employee by saying they're 40+, single with no kids, and with a plethora of issues. Completely unwarranted.
She also would make fun of how others dressed, saying that an executive assistant needed a makeover. She made that comment in a meeting with other execs. They all laughed, and the assistant (with a broken leg) had only shown up to drop off a package.
So glad I left that shithole.
She was a very insecure person.
They are broken people that cannot be fixed without professional assistance.🤕
40+, single with no kids = LIVING THE DREAM! no parasitic attachment.
Was this in a corporate office ?
@@se2664 Yes.
Every job ive worked ive been dunked on for how i look and because im single, im switching industries slightly, lets see if my next job is better.
Under-qualified boss: no idea that they have no idea. Perfect description. These bosses end up having no vision, no direction.
worse of all, you gotta train them as their subordinate, get paid lesser than them and have them appraise you! gosh!!
@@whitepod Even worse, they don't understand the difficulty of actually performing a task because they over-simplify things out of ignorance.
@@earthwormscrawl yes! But there’s nothing we can do. Even if we explain, they will choose to ignore or will think that we are creating excuses to laze around. It’s really torturing to work with idiots like that! Best is to just leave.
stupid & ambitious... dangerous.
absolutely the worst kind.
Boy that's my boss. How he got a executive chef position is beyond me
How can u claim to be a chef and u don't even know how to clean a flat top or the fryer. Don't know how to drain the cold bar. Knows nothing about sauce's building flavor layering flavor reductions really can't cook. And yet because he has a executive chef position every one thinks he does. And he's lazy and changes constantly
I've had a boss who constantly undermined my work and openly insulted me to my face. When I took my retirement and walked out, he discovered that he couldn't replace me and he had NO clue what my job entailed. The Karma Goddess bit him in his butt HARD!!!!
😂
What happened to that dipshit?
Need to add the 'upwardly mobile boss'. This is the boss who is hell bent on climbing the corporate ladder and quickly as possible. They will take credit for everything that goes right in a department, but when something goes wrong, they will single out a subordinate and through them under the bus. They are a nightmare to work for.
I'll give you another: The Reverse Workaholic Boss
Shows up after everybody else, leaves early, and complains that his subordinates are only working 60 hours a week. He'll also show up some weekends but only just long enough to walk through to make a tally of who is slaving away so he knows who to harass on Monday that he didn't see them working on the weekend.
are they working from home though?
@@sselemaNrM Yes hiding behind closed doors
I KNEW SOMEONE JUST LIKE THIS TERRIBLE LEADERSHIP
Are you from the US of A? This country seems to be way behind Europe..... greetings from Europe BTW :)
I had a manicure/ pedicure boss. We did not work in a nail salon but she was always at one.
Tfw when you've worked for a boss who somehow managed to be (almost) all of the above, depending on the day and their mood
Yes, I have a boss like that.... I could give an example of how he ticks every box from last week alone!!! Planning on leaving just need to get my ducks in a row 1st.... not healthy to be exposed to these toxic behaviours on a daily basis when your at work for majority of your time!!! You always find a high turnover of staff along with a few die hard employees too scared to leave because they invested years of their lives there!!!
Yeah same. My ex boss would be a different person every time he came to the office!
The Narcissist, the Micromanager, and the Unqualified all go hand in hand. I've worked for someone who was all three. A charming Narcissist will woo their way up the ladder, not know how to do their job, and redirect all negative attention to you by micromanaging you and dragging you and your rep through the dirt.
... and the narcissist will also be openly aggressive, if not all the time like the Angry Boss type. Yes, a lot of these go together.
It’s the Narcissist micromanager . We have them.
my boss is 1+5+6+7... i think thats the worst combo lol ... edit... found somehting new and quited a week after i wrote this.. old boss looked shocked haha
Exactly! That is what my current supervisor is like-all three of those! And the only thing you can really do is find another job, which is exactly what I did! 😊
Wow that’s pretty powerful.
As a manager myself, this video really helped me evaluate whether I possess any of the distasteful traits mentioned. Videos like this allow bosses to ensure they aren't expecting too much from their employees and allows them to identify problem areas in their leadership style.
Thank you.
and you don;t do you?
Nice to know some managers are self-aware enough to use this as a self-evaluation tool. That takes guts, which is why most people won't.
You probably are😂most bosses sucks
Oh this is so helpful. I've been self employed for years because I never really fit in with corporate and this was just better; I'm adhd and would be really productive in the morning and finish early, do extra, then still have nothing to do for half the afternoon.
Every boss I had hated that. 🤦♀️
What do you do? Please share I'm desperate
I would love to hear about how you managed to find success for yourself and make your own way as an adult with ADHD. I tend to focus on super fast paced roles just so that I'm never stuck with too much downtime to let my mind wander. I'll need to start my own business eventually.
Duuuuude right at my job I can finish up so fast and then go home wich makes some people think im slacking off.
What is this nothing to do you speak of? I have piles of work that I could never get done with if it tried.
Wow this so used to be me, I know I can work 3 times faster than anyone, but due to the issues you painted there I just don’t do it anymore.
So many bosses are focused on how many hours they are paying you for, rather than actual productivity
that boss that expects you to do everything for peanuts lol
Hahahahahaha 💯
That's almost every boss out there
Ah, non-profit!
That kind of boss gets raises and promotions. Companies love slave drivers.
Mine I’m a social media designer and he hasn’t even gave me Microsoft Word to work I’m fucked
You're going to love this one. I had a boss who insisted that he didn't want to micromanage. Threw it in your face every time you asked a question about procedure. Yet, when I did make a decision without his knowledge, he would come at me all angry and indignant - demanding to know why I didn't call and consult him about the situation. I finally figured out he only wanted to be in on the big stuff, so he could go back to his superiors, telling them that the particular project in question had turned out well due to his input. A real no-win situation.
I took a new job exactly 2 months and 1 week ago. My boss is a nightmare. The expectations he sets are beyond unreasonable. I've been working late nights and even weekends since I started just to meet 3/4s of his 'onboarding' expectations. And yet, every meeting I have with this guy is about how I'm underperforming and failing to meet his expectations. Did I mention I've been here for 2 months? We're having our employee evaluations at the end of this month and he gave me a very professional warning that my evaluations would not look good. Who does that to a guy whose barely figured out where all the bathrooms are at yet? I mean... this is not my first rodeo. I've been in the professional office space, in this industry, for 13 years. I would get and understand... being this critical of a new employee if they were totally dropping the ball. If they missed half their meetings; displayed little to no growth; or were drunk half the time. But I'm busting my ass... working all day in the office; all night in my living room and all weekend at a Starbucks. And... compared to every other job I've had... I'm doing great! I've never learned this much, this fast in my life! And yet, despite it all.... despite the hard work I'm doing... I get nothing but negative feedback and disappointment from this guy. And, oh- yes... I've talked to him about it 4 times now. We talk right past each other. He makes sure every conversation ends with me understanding his reiterated expectations. That's it! There's no compromise; no realignment; no game- plan. It's just, "Here's what I want... Is that clear... do you have any questions?" Well, I'll tell you that... If he doesnt like my production numbers now... he's certainly not going to like them in the weeks to come. Because I'll be working on my resume and doing job interviews.
@@___erika Ha! Thanks for the response. That was almost a full year ago... and I got a new job within 3 months of that posting. A new job, by the way, where they like me; appreciate me; and value my contributions. Exact same pay-- I should mention, only with a much larger bonus. But... everything I said about that guy and that position was entirely true. Reviewing my resume... my average time spent with a company is 4.5 years. Time spent with that company: 2.5 months. That should tell you something.
You were working with a bully. I'm glad you left that psycho behind.
This is reality
SATAN rules in this world and system, through his heads and followers
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Are they coming through with that bonus?
It's a nasty technique...keep your pay down and say to you "Fetch boy, fetch"....setting targets that you just miss so no bonus...and of course...no permanent rise in pay.
Better to get 5% increase year on year than a "bonus promise" that is never achievable....
one year later - I read your story and saw myself in it.. did you manage to find another employter nd how is it going now? How did - I hope - already previous boss react when he found out he was loosing you? God bless you.
EDIT: - ok - I just foung your answer from 8 months ago :) but still would be inetersted how you are doing in the new company
Another reason why a friend boss can be a bad boss is that they would use the friendship they developed with the team members to suck every one into a clique. They might be friends with you and other team members, but most likely, they're also the enemy to other teams in the company, which would directly or indirectly make you an enemy to other teams. That could eventually hurt your future in this company.
Yes. This and friend bosses know they can use that loyalty leverage to basically guilt you in doing “favors” like working more and taking on more responsibilities. It’s awful and I never want to be in that dynamic again. Sadly i didn’t realize that just cause my boss was a friend doesn’t mean they were a good boss. Friend bosses will throw you under the bus if they feel like using you.
I was just talking to a colleague who said their spouse was great friends with a manager who talked them into not filing a Workmen’s Comp. claim for a work injury which many years down the road they are still suffering from. They should have had knee surgery at the time but got talked out of it by the “friend“ boss. Terrible.
My boss is narcissistic, but he's also an angry boss + a workaholic + a micromanager. Working with him is hell on earth. In the past, I had no idea bosses like that even existed. This is a huge eye-opener for me.
Leave. If you think you can't leave immediately, focus all of your energy on finding a way to get away from this person. Life is too short for this shit.
Get out of there now! Quit! Before your manager tries to fire you!
@@not_ever exactly!
@@not_ever
poison environments touch not just you directly, but indirectly others in your circle. Get out.
Sounds like a "tyrannical boss"
It's actually getting harder to find jobs with good bosses.
Most bosses don't really care much about thier employees anyways, unless it starts to affect the company's bottom line.
By then, too many good people may have lost their jobs.
Workaholic boss can be ok, but only if they make explicit callouts to make it very clear that they don't expect that same level of work from you - e.g. weekend emails etc. My current boss is a workaholic but has never ever expected his team to do the same.
Mine is the same, she works crazy hours. But had told me she doesn’t expect the same. That if she sends a email or IM after hours, she doesn’t expect an answer. She will call if it’s an emergency and really needs something. I ❤️ her.
I’ve experienced every bad boss imaginable. I’ve been the boss too and had to learn when I was younger, what not to do, to be a better boss. I never had a mentor for most of my development. Good video, thanks.
I had a boss in the past who got mad at me for calling on a bad weather day. I live 30 minutes out, and the roads were iced up. I called her saying I can't make it in (this was my very first call in.) And the next day, she scolded me saying to not call in again for a bad weather day like that and its not acceptable.
I had a coworker who lived on the far outskirts of our metropolitan area, closer to the mountains. She tried to make it in on an icy day, but the Dept of Transportation had closed the roads in her area, so she called out. The boss called her at home and got angry with her. She was even told she should have anticipated this and rented a hotel room in town the night before. The kicker? The boss was calling from her house because she stayed home too!
😂😂😂😂😂🤣
@@LovesWaterfalls oh damn lol. At that point I would have just quit. I ended up quitting mine after the constant berating.
This past winter we had a real bad for our area snow 12" im a trucker home every night. I called off. The office was shocked. They gave me a vacation day.
I live in the mountains where we get up to 2 feet snow, blizzards..white outs. I had 13 days saved. We got hit with 3 blizzards in 8 days. BIG ones! I have a 4x4, but couldnt get out of my driveway. The plows had made an embankment 4 feet high- 45 mph winds- snowing 2"/hr. I couldn't SEE 50 feet!! All airports closed, travel advisory...no cars on the road...I was reprimanded. I did it again. Written up. 3rd time- fired.
I work for an Aloof Boss. He came from a different department from mine. Five months down the line and he still doesn't know what we do and isn't prepared to at least try to find out. As a result of this we aren't being managed effectively. He thinks he knows everything and has tried to train a new member of staff, but this caused issues because the work wasn't being done properly. If any of us let him know that something isn't being done properly he shuts us down and refuses to listen. I used to love my job but now I can't wait to leave.
The “dont ever take breaks, your here to work” boss. This boss is a variation of micromanager who, the moment you do something foolish like go to the bathroom once in a while, he/she freaks out on you for it. You get reprimanded for using the bathroom once in a while. While excess bathroom breaks can become a problem, when you gotta go you gotta go. And being extremely uncomfortable on the job can greatly increase stress.
This boss is also often a perfectionist, for example stressing out over aht(regardless of average call difficulty and luck, major factors in aht).
Got that one on my head unfortunately and got into fight with him, what a crazy person
Yeah how are you supposed to take a quick dump, when you are constantly worried about time 🤷🏽♂️
Pffff or when you come back from a longer lunchbreak, mind Your OWN business, very annoying
The "If it ain't broke, fix it anyway" boss....
I worked for a cable company, these tunes are very familiar.
Massive time wasters
Retail: “Only ten? Hold my beer.”
You can have multiple bosses in retail and that is terrifying
Can confirm. I worked in retail for only 4 years and I saw literally every single type of boss on this list at least once sometimes multiple at the same time. Retail is one of the hells of working environments
@@narius4241 either multiple at the same time or multiple in the same person.
@@narius4241 same I worked retail for 3 years and had multiple managers. I cried many times working for them. I wasn't off of my 10 minute break yet and a boss told me I was late..like what? 10 seconds late?? Tf?? A customer was horribly rude to me, I complained about how awful the customer was (like literally customer yelled at me for checking his case since it was store policy to do so) then the boss turns around and says, "welcome to customer service."
Retail is the worst. Retail employees are severely underpaid, under appreciated and under admired. It requires mental toughness. I did well at my last retail job and still was upset at all of the b.s. I witnessed directed at others. There was too much passive aggressiveness too.
The micromanager is literally killing me. My health is deteriorating. Bern hospitalized twice. Turn over is high. Prior to her joining, I was praised on my ability to get things done.
They hired this person and my peace of mind shattered. No sleep. Flare ups of illnesses. Lack of motivation abounds where I was extremely self driven and a go getter.
Independent thinkers and doers shrivel under micromanagement.
They are parasites
Just leave, theres no point in staying in a environment like that. I started working in a place like that, the boss needed to know where I was at all times of the day, and everything I did was scrutinized with negativity. Asking for help was treated as a burden (the manager almost raised their voice when I asked them for clarification on a task) and I wasnt told exactly what was required of me on a given task, everything was explained in vague and general terms and I was just expected to do and it was never good enough.
I resigned after a month, theres no point in wasting your time in these environments nothing you do will be good enough... go somewhere where your efforts are appreciated.
@@BillClinton228
When you left without a job how did you pay your bills?
@@shellylen make sure you have savings... save as much as you can, savings are freedom
@@Jerkwad152
Of course so it is not a simple easy solution. Changing jobs means you have to work towards a job that allows you to take care of your responsibilities.
Telling someone to just get another job is asinine.
Watched my boss that I have worked off and on with for nearly 14yrs up and quit the company. It raised a huge red flag. He was getting beat down constantly from upper management and decided enough was enough and walked with no job lined up. Well I wasn't going to wait to bear the brunt of the fall out as his replacement can fit into several of the categories mentioned in the video. Looking to move on as the current job isn't worth the stress and headaches that have just begun. When you see 6 employees bolt for the door in the last 5 months something is definitely not right.
Yeah. I am seeing three fellow employees off this week alone at my work location. I am planning to leave once my vacation is done in December.
Bipolar boss. He is nice to you and all of the sudden go like crazy on you for a small little thing.
That sounds like one of my teachers...
Mood disorder!
Had one, what a roller coaster 🤪
Loads of bipolar and ADD bosses and peers out there. I worked with a guy who had a traumatic brain injury. He'd go into such fits of anger several times we'd lock ourselves in the washroom for safety. Our supervisor covered for him till one day he tore into a maintenance guy with a fist fight.
My last bad boss was the unprofessional. She would mess around on Amazon in the office, lay around, and talk about inappropriate subjects. She later had the nerve to question my productivity. I hadn't been that pissed off at a boss in years.
I’ve had a similar experience.
Scary
OMG, after having worked for 10 years in one and the same company I dealt almost only with these types of bosses and drew a conclusion that only narcissistic personality or nepotism will make someone a boss...You opened my eyes to the fact that there are normal and qualified bosses in this world too. Thanks for that. A huge thumb up and a sub from my side.
They are few and far between like a good bosses video would be really short. I have had the privilege of working with a few. They operate from a place of reality, optimism, and care. They are self-aware, honest, and team oriented.
@@mytruthbekind5793this is so rare!
I worked with someone that I considered a friend once. She was my direct manager and things went horribly wrong for a lot of reasons too long to explain in a comment. But I would advise anyone to think twice before taking a job where your friend is your direct manager (or boss), you might end up losing a friendship or realizing you never even had one.
Dont worry she just showed you her real side which just helped you realise it sooner than later
This just literally happened to me.
I actually hate my former friend now.
All he cares about is making as many cheap bucks as possible and everything else is secondary
@@apexoldguy I hired a friend and it worked for a while, until we both tried to get the same job at another company.
@@pyrovaniaWho got the job?
she did. And the problem was, she knew I had just been laid off (2009 recession) and she was switching jobs.@@Stealth-im7ld
I’m a team manager in my company and actually came to these videos (starting with toxic work environment) to get perspective and see if I myself fit any of these types for my employees. I do actually have to consciously resist being aloof, a work-a-holic, or timid so it’s good to have a reminder and signs to look out for. Still need to check out the rest of your videos, but thank you for posting these. :)
Don't forget to add the "I'm better than you boss" Where they often dismiss your ideas, talk you down and hold you back or feel threatened by your skillset. Great video!
I also had a friend boss. He was really nice, but useless for developing his team's career. We were al happy, but going nowhere.
I see this in my present situation. Year after year "keep trying" is about it. Maybe she's not good at it but still not helping
That's my boss. Super nice but always make sure no one grows, and control details made me terribly burnout. I will quit next Monday.
@@chengzhang265 Did ya quit, my dude?
@@MajorThor yep! Stayed 4 more weeks for the new person to join, and finished last Friday. Feeling free!
@Soy Orbison That's great that you've been self-aware enough to identify the problem was on your side and needed to be fixed. Kudos to you for sure. Glad it worked out.
I used to have a boss who would fall into the 'angry' category I guess, but his anger was expressed in passive agressive remarks and calm belittling in front of the entire office (which consisted of 6 people), rather than shouting. This man came across as charismatic at first, but then whenever I did something wrong he would make me feel incompetent. My already low self esteem had crumbled by the time I left / was let go (it was a mutual termination of my contract). That was 1.5 year ago and I'm much better off now.
If you’re a manager or a supervisor, never ever become friends with your subordinates. They will try to gain favoritism over their coworkers and challenge your authority because they will feel you are on their side. They’ll also bring down morale within your department. Only become friends with your peers. You’ve been warned.
But please be cordial not every employee would react that way to a friendly boss
@@lindsayblair5181. Agreed.
Learned this many years ago. I can honestly say one lady I supervised long ago didn't expect anything from it and became my peer soon after. Still keep in touch with her
Lol, you must have a weak personality. Just shut that shit down when it happens and move on.
They don't get favoritism and they can't take away confidence if you don't give it.
@@dariankaltenbach8062. I had to laugh at your first sentence. You don’t know me well enough. Anyway, try leading with a, “shut that shit down,” approach to everything. It will get you no where with today’s workforce. Some issues definitely need to be addressed immediately, and others have gray areas. Just saying.
I had a boss who kept hiring people in "recovery" from his wife's church. It didn't end well.
Yikes! That never ends well
I worked at powersports shop where the owner basically hired every employee from the recovery program that got him clean. It was awful for me. All the addicts quickly clicked up and working with them was a nightmare.
@@chriscothron3606 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great content. I can't help but feel these are traits of bad bosses, because I am identifying multiple traits mentioned in the video from a single boss. I have had multiple terrible bosses, and it caused some serious PTSD.
Agreed. I found narcissist bosses to also be angry bosses.Its as if these two traits coexist.
Unexpectedly spot on for a UA-cam video. The friend boss is probably the most pernicious. All of the others are easy to identify and detach from, but letting a friend down is a hard thing to do.
Thanks, this got me thinking.
I’m a workaholic boss. I don’t send my team emails after hours. I save them in draft form, and state whether it is an FYI or something they need to address. I then send the drafts out the morning they’re scheduled to be in.
I once had a boss who was a combination of the micromanager, incompetent (without realizing it) and nepotism. Prior to meeting her, I believed the aphorism that there’s no such thing as a stupid question. After attending several meetings with this manager, I can assure you that there really are stupid questions. Lots of them.
At my last job the manager was a narcissist and a micromanager. She fails to realize how deplorable the training was yet blames you for not learning things properly. Then she says that she’s just trying to help me but I’m being “unreceptive”. Her micromanaging made me uncomfortable and I kept messing up even more (which led to me getting written up at one point). She even yelled at me because I hadn’t been trained on radiographs (I was a vet assistant) and everyone was watching. I decided I had enough and came in on my day off to hand in an immediate resignation letter. I loved my job and the doctors were amazing but the manager made the job unbearable.
I had a boss who I considered a friend. We both knew the jobs we had to do but at the end of the day we appreciated each other. Work got done on both ends.
It's always refreshing to hear a one in a million good story in a worldwide toxic environment workplace
#11: The lying boss / the boss that doesn't operate in reality: I've literally had a boss who for instance would say "You never sent me this deliverable" or "You didn't send it by the deadline." I would then re-forward the boss the email where I sent the deliverable (with time/datestamp), including email replies where they even replied to say "thanks" and confirmed receipt, only to at a later point have them claim the deliverable was never sent. Upon re-forwarding the email showing proof the deliverable was sent with the time/datestamp, they still denied it was sent...at all. To be clear, this was not a case of it wasn't done right, or wasn't done to their satisfaction, no this was the person literally claiming it simple wasn't done at all.
Bosses in general that go around making blatantly FALSE claims, unsupported claims, etc. are toxic. It's practically impossible to work in an environment where your boss claims you didn't do the things you actually did.
Sounds like gaslighting to me.
That's why you BCC HIS boss! Learn
Yes, when I told my boss that his voice mail didn’t come through clearly, he said I didn’t send you a voicemail. Sooo, I just forwarded it back to him. Straight up,and turned left describes the response 🤣😂🤣
Priceless!
Or, the: I don't recall boss.
I got a job delivering pizza. The first day the owner was yelling at an employee. I said " this is too much aggression ", boss asked the employee what I said then the boss told his brother ( boss ) and he never said a word. Every employee was DEAD silent, I'm the real man and we need employees to be strong and say what they want to say. Don't be scared of ANY BOSSES EVER let them have it and they'll feel embarrassed like the boss in this story.
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I think bosses tend to be a mix of characteristics. If talking about bad bosses, my last one: narcissistic, workaholic, aloof, micromanager, and angry. She also clearly demonstrated that she was unqualified, but noone ever found out how she got the position, so maybe prior to that position she might have been the bee's knees, who knows?
I love your channell . I just had a boss that was so bad, this is really helping me,first red flag she doesnt interview people , she just hires them on the spot. She also tells people they need to find their own replacement when calling in.
I once met a nepotism boss that used their connections to get better working conditions for the team they managed. The boss knew they could get away with most anything due to their position, so the boss would go to bat for employees knowing that he could push boundaries that no one else could to his team's benefit.
rare and seldom - in this particular case the nepotism was used as an asset - w good sign for the future of this person who happened to be a boss all of a sudden :)
I just got let go from a job yesterday! I had only worked for this guy- a private homeowner, splitting logs... I recognized his severe personality disorder in the first 3 min on meeting him. BUT! I needed $$! He was Narcissistic- Psychopath.
Admitted he was a felon- murder. 10 years prison...The guy scared me! Like REALLY...He was irrational, and violent. Breaking a rake because of something he thought of?? I dont know? Nothing I did...He was quiet, then started talking to himself, then getting more wound up..till he was walking around his yard hitting his head, and yelling things...frothing at the mouth, he picked up a rake, and broke it over his knee, and...still cursing..went inside his home?? 2 hours later, he came out with ice tea for us... 2 hours later? Another like episode, and I was just told "Go Home!" ...as he ranted on about ???
Unreal...never met this type in all my life!!! CRAZY MAN. Literally...psychotic.
Oh dear I’ve split my sides 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wonderful, excellent presentation. This fellow has REALLY done his homework, and speaks from experience.
I am now retired after a working career that spanned 40 years. Honestly, at one time or another, I endured everyone of these "bad boss" types; and calling them "bad" is the equivalent of calling the Pacific Ocean a "little fishing pond!"
But, as one commenter has observed, this video is a "godsend" to those who are early in their careers.
Let's face the dirt truth ... many people should NEVER be elevated to, or allowed to be supervisor.
okay, i came here straight from the toxic workplace video... and can proudly (and sadly) announce that my previous workplace had 8 out of 10 types. no wonder why my mental health is still regenerating 4 month after i left them.
Your videos are more useful than other videos I've found covering interviews.
I appreciate that!
By far, I agree.
My previous boss fell into 5 out of the 10 categories of Bad Bosses. Thank you for posting this video.
Ugh - my boss is several of these in one! Good times
Thank you, I appreciate this video more than I can convey. I am diagnosed neurodivergent worker working in a toxic environment and this video has encouraged me to find something better. Thank you!
Another type of Bad Boss - the reluctant boss. This one was promoted by senior management without consulting them but they are not given support, mentoring, additional resources or extra pay. Companies try this procedure so that saving in recruiting more experienced and expensive managers. The reluctant boss would feel demotivated by having this level of responsibilities, working extra hours for no extra reward.
Companies would often tell them that if they hit all their KPI's they would be "considered" in getting a pay rise.
This is some sad practice 😑
Just found your channel and have watched 3 videos in a row. You have a very intelligent and personable style. Great videos! Just subscribed 😊
The worst part about both the aloof and the unqualified boss is that since they don’t know how to look anything up themselves they need you to answer for them IMMEDIATELY so they don’t look stupid.
That's who I have right now. I pretend deaf often lately.
Don't forget the yes man boss. No matter what is asked of him the answer is always yes we can do that even if it's not possible. I always love it whenever they say we can do it when you never receive any help from them.
'Boss' is also a title that few superiors qualify to be called. My recent boss was excellent and I called her as such. One of the signs of the work environment she managed was joy amongst her staff. We worked hard for her because it was worth it. I know what difficult superiors are like, there is no joy in the atmosphere and colleagues verbally protect themselves when things go wrong; "It wasn't me, it was his job, or she was the one who did that."
Yess
I had a boss that was an aloof, manic depressive boss, narcissistic and a micromanager all in one, with a flight of ideas and unrealistic expectations. She was a nightmare as you never knew what to expect. She was not able to perform any of our jobs, she would have random, emergency meetings to blow some situation way out of proportion. She even went as far as to hold the group hostage in these meetings. She tried to write me up for texting her with a 911 type text after I had been trying for a couple of hours to reach her, due to a death in the family so I could leave. They died before I could get there. If I would have left without notifying her, she would have fired me for patient abandonment. Worst boss I ever had in 40+ years and there were other doozies.
I have never had a GREAT BOSS. I have had a couple of "OK" ones earlier in my working life. In my 21 year working career MOST Bosses seem to fall under this list of 10 Bad Boss Types. That is sad!
Same here I m now retired. Thinking back, if I had some ok bosses, the majority were bad bosses, including a few very nasty ones.The 4 worst types in my experience : the angry- the narcissistic-the micromanager-the workalcolic
That's been my experience as well.
...when I was looking for a psychiatrist to diagnose my ASD last year I came across one that dealt specifically with "toxic work culture induced trauma".... says it all about the state of the work force these days!
Awesome videos. I’ve got an angry micromanaging boss. Two on my team got in a fight over my training and my boss got in trouble as the fight went up the chain. 5 weeks in to a new job and my boss hates me over the actions of my team members.
In extention to the friend boss there is also the fake friend boss. I had one of those who was acting like a friend on the surface, but was using the information I gave him as a friend against me and when I left the company he tried to use that "firendship" as a lever for talking me into staying despite fully knowing I was angry about being betrayed like that.
Excellent list! Not just "griping about bosses" at all! I've had many jobs and contracts over 40 years and had at least one of most of these and your analysis and descriptions ring true.
A good boss can make a job wonderful... it's true what they say:
"you never quit a job, you quit a boss. "
Unfortunately, the narcissistic boss is more common than stats show. Fortunately, because there are publically available resources, more people are aware of this type of behaviour and are consciously learning how to deal with it in a way that keeps their sanity intact. Great job.
No offense to this HR Manager. The real question with all due respect is how did he personally improve his own work environments? I have never met an HR Manager personally who has ever helped any employee in any toxic work environment other than to help them to the unemployment line. Bad bosses are easy to spot simply because the vast majority are just that, bad bosses. They have no idea how to motivate, how to navigate, how to investigate, or even how to control the self-appointed shot callers simply because their only function is protecting management issues, nothing more
One other type of boss I've seen, although I've seen this only in the military, is the bully boss. They will choose certain people and no matter how hard those people try, they'll be treated like crap (yelling, gaslighting, destroying/vandalizing their stuff, very mean spirited "pranks", etc). On top of that, those who want to get in good with the bully will pick on those people too, so it creates a highly toxic environment for those people the bully chose. Being as its military, the people being targeted can't just quit, and changing work centers due to harassment/bullying of that sort is not always easy since its your word vs their word...and nobody will speak on the victims' behalf because they don't want to risk being the next target.
Last meeting w/last boss I had before going on my own: "I don't work for you. I work for me. In fact, I hate working for you, and I hate being in this toxic wage-slave environment. I trade my time and skill for pay, but you think I owe you more than that, to which I say no. If you want more than my time clock hours and my skill with customers, you can forget it. I agree to the things in my job description. If you don't like it, that's TFB!" His ego was so badly bruised he called Corp HR and got me fired. Best thing that happened to me at that company.
Fourteen years of my fifteen-year career were spent working for bad bosses at nine different companies. Some of my most hated memories relate to employment. Boss types 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 apply, in various combinations. I quit my last job in 2019 and have been self-employed ever since. It's nice to feel human again.
Same been in my career since 2003, worked 8 different roles in that time and can only recall having one good boss 🤷🏽♂️
Amazing!!!! You hit on every single type of bad boss I’ve ever worked for!!!! 👌🏽
In summary:
1. the narcissist boss
2. the aloof boss
3. the workaholic boss
4. the absent boss
5. the angry boss
6. the micromanager
7. the unqualified boss
8. the nepotism boss
9. the timid boss
10. the friend boss
Keep in mind that one person can combine several traits. I personally experiences #1+2+6+7+8 in just one supervisor. Result: change of employer as soon as I could!!!
That POS I work for is biased, shitty, and corrupt as an absent boss.
He disappears in the office when I go to lunch, instead of watching and judging what the other laborers are doing. He only judges me-- And I do the work. He's Hellbent on getting rid of me.
#7,8&10 also relates
Narcissistic, micromanaging, nepotism boss nearly killed me. These descriptions are spot on and don’t forget that sometimes the boss demonstrates many of these behaviors.
It probably would be easier to do a video about GOOD bosses as they are super rare
That would be the shortest video
Very rare
it's so rare that it's hard to find sufficient subject matter to do a video on it
That wouldn't be considered a reality video
I'm retired now, but spent 47 years in the workforce in many different types of jobs. The REAL unfortunate thing about bad bosses is EVEN IF you get a truly good one--which is very rare indeed--there is often a really bad boss ABOVE him or her. In fact, there is often a bad boss on the TWO tiers above him or her. And if your boss's boss is horrible, it doesn't matter much that your immediate supervisor or manager is great. They are screwed, and you may be, too. But take heart! Value yourself, and never let the pricks get you down, no matter HOW "important" they are!
Thank you! I am absolutely in a toxic environment with bad bosses and I need to get the hell out
Wow this describes nearly half of my work place, and I have a narc boss to top it off. Increably pompous jerk. Definitely relate to the micro managers finding time to catch all your mistakes, like a set up. Yet they never find the time or interest in helping you when you need them. To busy chatting with peers, and playing on their phone.
Or in my case she was both a micromanager and unavailable when I had questions. Not even a months worth of uncomplete training and she expected me to know everything and be perfect.
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They probably are set-ups
Dont forget the boss that no matter how hard you work they always treat you like a nobody.
You describe the POS I work for.
He never used to be like that.
It must be doing the Devil's bidding and evil dictatorship behind the scenes
Shocking how many of these I have had.... In fact, I can think of only two good bosses I have had in the last 20 years! Generally I find that a good boss is one you keep in touch with after you or they move on, either professionally or personally & professionally.
So in boss bingo, if we get 4 of these is that a career win?
Another trait of a bad boss is a boss who doesn’t want to communicate.. Communication is an important aspect to every job and it is very crucial to have a very clear top down communication in order to allow the team to drive the organisation towards its goal..
A former boss of mine was the narcissist, the unavoidable, and the micromanager all at once. She wanted us to post about the company and its products multiple times a day. We had to change all of our social media to fit the company’s name into both our bio and our account names. When she got everyone Christmas gifts they were fairly expensive and she encouraged us to post about them. To me it felt like she wasn’t giving us these fancy gifts because she cared about us. Instead it felt like she wanted to let everyone online know just how successful SHE the owner was that she could afford all of these gifts. When I was in training she would breath down my neck and look at every tiny thing I did and judge it. But she would often leave the building without telling anyone or say she’ll just be gone for an hour or two and then never come back. When I had questions or needed help, no one was there to help me.
Another boss found in mid-level positions in multi-levelled companies is the "delegator". This guy will delegate his own work both downwards to his team and upward to his own boss, thereby avoiding as much of his own responsibilities. He is the epitome of laziness and usually exhibits various other traits such as narcissism, absenteeism and a lack of awareness of his or other people's responsibilities.
He will sometimes encourage his team to copy his practice of work avoidance. He usually has no work ethic and will not respect the goals of the company or department. Generally his expense account will be much higher each month than the other managers around him.
Most of his work time will be spent in ingratiating himself to his superiors, especially his direct boss who he will manipulate heavily to keep his position. The downfall of such a boss usually comes when a new manager replaces his boss.
Number 12: The gaslighting Boss. They will tear everything you down and belittle you while using performance management tools to make you think that what they are doing is actually allowed
I watched this video to see if I do any of these things. my feedback after watching is 1) there is no way to avoid exhibiting some of these characteristics and have leadership/fiduciary responsibility, 2) saying that feels weird, 3) I think being self-aware is a really good start here. Thanks for the info.
i used to work for a place with a supervisor and a manager always breathing down my neck and would nitpick at my work. things like, "you forgot to put a period there" or i"f you have downtime, you need to email everyone on the team and see if you can assist. "
What? Lol is it a female boss?
@@prard5317 supervisor was a female, manager was a male. there was a lot of micromanaging and toxic culture.
My male boss is the same way.
Your channel is amazing!!!!!!!!!!! Please never stop doing this channel!!!
I’ll try as long as people are watching!
I'm on my way to becoming management and I often look up these sorts of videos to try and improve myself and find out what not to do.
My recent micromanaging boss was also a nepotism boss..she got her daughter hired..I had both of them giving me hell, I told the boss to get out of my ass. Three weeks later, they were gone.
I had a micromanager who was inexperienced.
He was the biggest manipulator and undermined people and would act like nothing happened to HR.
He was such a phoney
And extremely defensive. He would ride the coatails of good sales reps, was way overpaid and ran too many meetings to justify his friends jobs that took people away from their jobs
Really great video, I went from 1+3+5 to 2+4+10, and I can clearly see the bad aspects of the latter profile as well, specially the friendship aspect and lack of developing feedback
My current boss is narcissist, anger, micromanager, unqualified
She screwed my happiness from the day one I stayed only cz of money due to bank loans but now I'm free from toxic place even team act accordingly to boss to save their ass.
Thanks for explaining so nicely I like your channel
I love this channel so much. After this video, I am understanding some experiences I have encountered in the past, understanding why certain experiences possibly happened to a boss I had. I had a friend boss. They were my Assistant Manager at a restaurant. I observed that coporate management moved them around to manage various locations. The Assistant Manager showed outstanding work ethic and was interested in becoming a General Manager. They never were promoted and before watching this video, I never understood why they never got promoted. After watching this video, I think I know the possible reasons why they were never promoted. They probably made friends in every restaurant location they worked for, therefore management may have thought that if this was the case: 1) How would anyone take them seriously if they became the General Manager? Maybe no one was taking them seriously as is. Maybe people thought they could get away with alot of things. 2) Would they be able to give appropriate professional feedback to people or if they did, would people not take it seriously or get defensive because that person's behavior within their friendship with them is so much different and even approved than maybe their professional behavior which could also cause confusion between parties. I was so wrapped up in this person not getting promoted that I never thought of why. I really appreciate these videos, helping me to see the facts, possible facts, and to look at my own professional life in a logical, practical, and objective way instead of getting wrapped up in my feelings.