The Boss.

[Shatnertage]

You've mentioned these frustrations with the world around you before. From your description, you're surrounded by almost constant hostility. As I said a while ago, you should either find a way to relate better to your surroundings, or change those surroundings.

And I don't think whimsical means exactly what you think it means.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Are bosses that whimsical, now?

Some are whimsical. Some are totally erratic. Some are terrific leaders. Some are incompetent, but nice people. Some are good managers; some aren't. Some... you get the idea.

That's from almost four decades of work experience.

(OMG, 45 years, if I include summers during high school and college. I just scared myself! I'm not old enough to have worked that long. I'm not! I'm not! )

Edited to add: This is a slightly different issue than you raised, but worth mentioning... Some (probably most) bosses are basically good, honest people. Some are ethically challenged.

 

[Scout101]

How many people do you have under you, I wonder?

1 directly under me, and as I transition into my new position, about 20, albeit sorta indirectly. You?

As I said, my boss is making it difficult for me. Not impossible, but not far off.

You implied that, without ever really explaining what you meant by it. Closest you came was saying that you don't bother to do anything, because people will steal your great ideas if you did.

You can wash my car for me.

Not so much. Do you actually HAVE a car? we can start there...

^I'm sorry but even though I don't have all of the information, your story sounds somewhat delusional, with a sense of entitlement.

Completely. I'd change "Delusional" to "Delusions of Grandeur", though. Really, everyone's out to steal ideas from this guy, who's being held down unfairly? He'll be flying around in a private jet mocking these people within a year?

Based on how well this is all going, I'm tempted to check on his understanding of magnets...

 

[RoJoHen]

We just found out the other day that our boss has been stealing money from his employees, including me. We are in the process of trying to get him fired. However, a few months ago we had proof that he was stealing from the store, and nothing was done about it. If he's not fired this time around, I will be quitting.

 

[ares93]

^ shit... worst thing my boss has done was drive over my foot with a ford explorer.

 

[Finn]

We just found out the other day that our boss has been stealing money from his employees, including me. We are in the process of trying to get him fired. However, a few months ago we had proof that he was stealing from the store, and nothing was done about it. If he's not fired this time around, I will be quitting.

Wow. Yeah, I'd do the same.

Oh, didn't you just change jobs?

 

[RoJoHen]

We just found out the other day that our boss has been stealing money from his employees, including me. We are in the process of trying to get him fired. However, a few months ago we had proof that he was stealing from the store, and nothing was done about it. If he's not fired this time around, I will be quitting.

Wow. Yeah, I'd do the same.

Oh, didn't you just change jobs?

I changed jobs about a year ago, and then 6 months later returned to my old job, only to find a new GM in charge. If you don't count my 6 month absence, I've been at this job for 5 years.

 

[propita]

Yes.

I had a boss who totally blew up at me (posted about over the years, so I won’t repeat). I wanted to kill him, it was that bad. Told him that when he wasn’t my boss anymore. I think it kinda scared him. He’s still a dick, I’m told.

Completely made up for with another boss, when I was interning. She was absolutely what you’d want in a boss--explained things but let me take it from there, corrected a few things without making me feel like an idiot, answered questions and confirmed ideas, and would say “thanks” once in a while.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

I should've read the whole thread instead of just the first post, so I'll respond again, Cheapjack. I truly do understand bad days / weeks / months or altogether bad jobs, and the need to vent. But...

I don't want to run the show, I just want an office with a sign outside.

This sounds like you're more interested in having your ego stroked than actually accomplishing something significant at work.

Maybe in three years time, I'll be sat in an office, listening in on a conversation for ideas. I won't be, I'll be on a jet with an Apple laptop, thinking of my own and dropping in on my old haunts, to remind me of what it was like to be miserable and picked on.

...They enjoy watching me jump, when they slam my office door. But, they hover around my window, to see what I am up to.

So, how are you going to get from your current frustrating position to that jet and laptop?

In a world of cube farms and open offices, you actually have an office w/ a door to slam? You have no idea how lucky you are! So what's that bit above about wanting an office and a sign?

How many people do you have under you, I wonder?

What does that have to do w/ anything?

I'd keep on your toes if I were you, there might be someone after your job.

Huh? I understand the need for venting (I do plenty of it myself), but tell us the real problem, instead of lashing out at us.

We just found out the other day that our boss has been stealing money from his employees, including me.... If he's not fired this time around, I will be quitting.

Yikes, RoJoHen! I'd be quitting, too.

 

[McCoy]

Cheapjack, you might want to think about taking a vacation or a career change if you are for real.

I'm leaning more towards heavy medication or mental institution.

I had the same thought. These posts sound like every once in a while someone slips out of the ward and into the nurse's office to use the computer.

 

[RoJoHen]

We just found out the other day that our boss has been stealing money from his employees, including me.... If he's not fired this time around, I will be quitting.

Yikes, RoJoHen! I'd be quitting, too.

In theory, he is getting fired tomorrow. We'll see.

 

[Cheapjack]

Tora,

I don't want my ego stroked. I want recognition.

 

[Sparky]

Recognition from who? Your imaginary boss or your case worker?

 

[Cheapjack]

Thank you, Biff Tannen.

We have the plot for Back to the Future Part Four.

 

[Scout101]

what do you want recognition FOR exactly? You seem to have said yourself that you don't do much of anything, for fear someone else will take credit for it...

Other than repeated attempts to try and insult people using Back to the Future somehow, not sure what you want to be recognized for...

 

[Finn]

This is fun

*eats popcorn*

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Tora,

I don't want my ego stroked. I want recognition.

Okay. Recognition for what? We'd probably be more understanding if we actually understood what's going on!

BTW, how long have you worked at this place? I'm just curious.

 

[Australis]

Three years into the job I asked when this that and the other thing would start to happen... The boss who hired me just shook his head and said "once an operator, always an operator."

Wow. that's bad.

No, that's awesome.

Revenge is sweet, and remarkably low in calories.

 

[Finn]

Three years into the job I asked when this that and the other thing would start to happen... The boss who hired me just shook his head and said "once an operator, always an operator."

Wow. that's bad.

No, that's awesome.

Revenge is sweet, and remarkably low in calories.

*puts down bowl of popcorn*

How is being told that he'd be in an implied lowly dead-end job forever awesome?

*picks up bowl of popcorn*

 

[Australis]

I'm talking about the fact that later he was able to go to the old workplace and pick things up because he wasn't "always an operator" I've worked for guys just like that, and I got out, moved into another industry entirely.