It ’s Boss ’s Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , and while many of us have supervisors who have totally earned that “ World ’s Best Boss ” mug , I bet lots of you at least briefly contemplated append a little extra something to the cookies you bring in this dawning . Even so , here are nine gaffer who belike make your less - than - stellar supervisory program look like a saint.1.Just a couple of week ago , the owner of some Iowa convenience stores run a contest of dubious taste asking workers to guess which of their teammates would be next dismiss .
2.How about a hirer who suggests you kill yourself ? When faced with complaint , he apparently claimed that he had been a victim of Word ’s autocorrect … what do you suppose he was “ try ” to type ? Source : the always - awesomePassive Aggressive Notes .
3.Of course , a boss who indicate you off yourself is believably better than hirer who proceed ahead and does it for you .
Last year , the owner of a brick - field apprize that one of his workers be decapitate tomake his bricks redder . The kiln was n’t produce brick of a desired tad of red ; a fortune - teller allegedly allege a human sacrifice would help the situation .
4.If you ca n’t accurately predict the weather a duet of months in advance , you ’re probably not going to last long at this un - name Kansas company . ( Go before . introduce your local weather forecaster jest here . I ’ll wait . ) An employee in charge of plan a company event at a baseball biz was demoted when it rain the daylight of ; the boss arrogate she had purposely undermine the event . When the employee was ask to project a company picnic several month later , she clearly correct . The foreman reported her for failure to take on request province .
5.Think your chief is a turn rough ? Be glad you do n’t work for Naomi Campbell . Over the years , at least eight employees have alleged that she slay or otherwise abused them . Among the accusations :
She assaulted her personal help with a cadre phone .
She physically abused her secretary .
She slapped , kicked and scratched her supporter .
She held another adjunct hostage and threw a sound at her .
She threw her BlackBerry at her housekeeper .
She hit her maidservant and also verbally assaulted her .
Yet another assistant say Campbell slap her and overreach her with a BlackBerry .
She scratched her drug healer in the fount .
That ’s in plus to her non - employee altercations . Naomi has admit anger direction category , completed community of interests service and give lawsuit and amercement , but these things seem to keep happening .
6.We all have our government agency annoyances - the individual who does n’t replenish the umber pot , the person who chats while you ’re trying to use the bathroom , the person who doesn’tclear the idle timeoff the microwave oven . But it was a milk brigand that rig off the CEO of a PR firm in New Jersey . Excerpts from his email to employee :
7.Even the most successful businessmen have had face-off with brutal boss . John H. Patterson , head of the National Cash Register party , was infamous for his ignition methods . He would axe masses for not riding sawhorse correctly or for being ineffectual to explain why the flags were flying . He banned butter from the caller and had employees weighed twice a yr . Legend has it that Patterson fire then - sales White House Thomas Watson by relocating his entire desk to the lawn . Watson then go on to make IBM one of the biggest company in the world .
8.In 2004 , American Apparel big gaffer Dov Charney was interview by a writer for the now - defunctJanemagazine . During their series of clash , Charney openly engaged in what he call “ self pleasure ” at least eight times . “ During [ those times ] we nonchalantly sway on our interview , discussing things like business models , rent practices and the stupidity of focus groups , ” writer Claudine Ko said in theoriginal clause . She also said that during the interviews , Charney requested and received intimate aid from his employee . It may add up as no surprise that Charney has been the discipline of several sexual harassment lawsuits since then .
9.So this is not exactly a Jean Valjean billet , but you have to intromit that it ’s a fiddling petty to fire a hungry employee forswiping a burgeroff of a food cart meant for executive . When the German company was call into question for what seems like an overreaction , their manage theater director said , " This is a highly sensitive case . When you fall back your trust in someone you are left with a bad feel . "
