Wanna Tell Off Your Boss? Do It Here!
July 20, 2009 (1:00PM) by Rick Saia, CPRW
 Admit it: You've had a boss or two who was so overbearing, obnoxious, or unreasonable (maybe all three) that you wanted to tell him or her how you really felt about their comments or behavior.
Then, sanity and reason got the better of you as you thought about the possibility of a ruined career and a life without a job and the safety net of unemployment compensation. So while you were at least a little bit angry, you kept it within.
I've been there. One day in a previous job, I was in a meeting of about a half-dozen people. After I made a point to the group, one of the executives made a comment about the lack of hair on top of my head. My reaction was one of silence: I gave him the iciest of stares and let his words hang amid the silence so everyone in the room got the message that he was out of line and offended me. I don't mind being bald (my hairline has been receding for about 25 years), but I do mind when someone makes a gratuitous remark about it.
Thinking back on it, here's what I would have said if I hadn't been facing an immediate firing. "My brain needed to expand, so some of my hair had to go. Why do you think you still have a full head of hair?"
Here's your chance to tell a boss or ex-boss what he or she deserves!
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I come to work every day, on time, never call in sick. I stay late. I come in on the weekends. I do a good job. I do MORE than I was hired to do. and Im actually a fun person and a hard worker but YOU. MAKE. ME. MISERABLE.
Good luck and go suck it! I'm outta here!!!
Okay. I am only 15 years old going on 16 in 3 months, and I'm very respectful, but I know when somebody(my boss) is being completly rude, disrespectful, obnoxious, all of the above!! I came here to work and get a paycheck every friday. She obviously doesn't know how to cooperate with others very well. She rude all the time, we speak very poiltely to her in a nice manner and all you hear is "BOOM BOOM BOOM" she elevates her voice to much, and whenever I'm explaining something she asked me to explain she says, "Whatever" and walks off! RUDE! She need to get checked. AND she blames our handwriting because she didn't turn in our paperwork! Ugh!
I love what I do, but I wanted to offer some advice for those who may be inclined to "tell their boss off".
Make sure you don't post your personal information (like your full name and your company website) so that your boss knows it is you... or he/she may tell you off. It sounds basic, but when people get emotional, sometimes they forget the basics.
Hey boss. You are younger than all of us, have less experience than the staff you disrespect, and have fooled our clients with your superficial bells and whistles. Soon they will see through you the way we do. You are arrogant, clueless, and take credit for our work. And no, we don't "deserve your valuable feedback." Please leave soon.
I have worked for you for over a year. My name is K-A-R-I. NOT Car-ee, Laura, or Sarah, as you insist on calling me all the time. When you call and need something, don't say "Oh. Well I guess I can ask you." if the other two gals are not available. Yeah, I guess you CAN ask me, since I'm an employee too! If you don't like me, fire me. I don't like you, but I can't fire you. Quit showing favortism to the other two girls. It's so obvious! And don't EVER call me stupid again, to my face, just because I didn't give you the right size piece of scratch paper. Stop complaining on how I write my "5's". And throw your own trash away, instead of handing it to me and saying "Garbage".
Dear sir, Who do you think you are, as a senior manager you are supposed to lead your team and encourage us to unveil our talents and utilize our ideas collectively to better the company. Instead of embracing our unique qualities, you use our differences against us, pitting us against one another and then harp that none of us knows how to be a team player. Truth be told, you are a bully, a control freak, have a tremendous ego and display extremely toxic behavior. Stop staring at my chest and retire already!!!
my EX BOSS is a worthless 200lb chuck of useless flesh that deserves horrible things to happen to her...she is a manipulative and insulting to all of her underlings is very umprofessional and uses intimidation and flippant demeanor while dealing with other employees. She also has the mannerisms and taste of a woman that has less education than she has. She assumes much, knows little and attempts to used her percieved"power" to intimidate and threaten others...to call her a "B" would be a compliment so I'll just call her a "low grade sow with the brains, talent and worth of a dried sack of crap"...
Speaking to you about anything relevant to work makes me feel like I'm beating my head against a brick wall. You are on top of the totem pole, you remind us all daily, your place at the top would be impossible without all of us holding you up! GOOD DAY!
I work for a company that doesn't believe in 1 boss, I have many. None of them think my job is important, none of them communicate, and none of them listen! Best example is my last evaluation- First let me say I have worked for the company 18 years- in my last evaluation my boss gave me a bad review because I took all my sick days due to a gallbladder surgery, he said that I shouldn't have used my sick days just because I didn't FEEL like working! My other boss, I am certain is high most of the time and if you ask him something he looks through you and walks away- Ikd like to smack him in the back of the head as he walks away! My 3rd boss is very condiscending! I told him we were #1 in sales in a certain area and he said "+h the rep that told you that only wanted more business!" I'd like to smoosh peanut butter in his face! Then on top of those 3 there is the bigger bosses whom you can't speak with- only email! They are all useless as they have no background in the field and know nothing! You email them, they email someone else who emails someone else, and in 4 months you get an answer! STUPID! Then by the time you get the answer,the first person is no longer there, so the answer is wrong and it starts all over again, meanwhile I have a customer waiting for an answer from unimportant me!
I'm just a kid and I got hired under the impression that the job would be awesome. Little did I know that my boss would soon become an exact replica of Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde. The first few weeks were great but as soon as business whet down for my boss he began taking out his frustrations on me. Most days it was him and myself alone in the storeroom. So I was the only one that heard the nasty things he said to me. When he weighed me for educational purposes he called me a "fatass" and smacked my backside. That wasn't the only time he hit me in my butt. I guess he thought that hitting me with a towel is appropriate when his employee is 16 years old. The duties he had me perform went from making smoothies and wraps to getting on my hands and knees and scrubbing carpets and rugs for the entire eight hour day. The final day that I worked there he made a comment about how I wasn't putting enough meat on the wraps, I agreed to put more meat on them but he didn't stop. The quote that I have engrained in my brain was "Wow, I've seen you make a sandwich for a f***ing family of twelve for yourself but you cant make a decent sandwich for the god d*** customers?" Then I demanded my pay and walked out, returning only to quit the following day.
July 1 is a great day for all salary employees to have off! Ha. Well I guess this year I don't count as one of them. Tuesday at 3pm June 31 found out that I was not getting the Holiday off I phoned my boss to find out if Friday would be better for me since he would be there to take my shift. I have been there for 10years now. Well He first started flipping out because he has no time off (lie) and that his birthday is Sat wants Friday off too. (what your 37 years old????? grow up) Then hung up the phone! Are you kidding me. I WISH I could have reminded him He is the OWNER. Still waiting for my day off. OH Ya dead beat owner I want a raise its been 5 years.
When you asked me to get my husband to apply for a position and said you wanted a skills-based resume from him, we busted ourselves to comply. You hired a friend. When another position came up, my husband applied, and you said, "we don't hire family". Then a while later you hired a husband-wife team (also friends of yours) for two positions in the office. The office is NOT your livingroom. You don't set the rules; the law does.
My boss is a megalomaniac (so was Hitler) - he is a prime example of why micro-managing doesn't work. He had taken a talented group of people and sucked all of the ambition out of them - and then he wonders why no one takes any initiative - no matter what you do, its wrong, because he didn't plan it or it wasn't his idea. You can't tell him anything because he knows it all. I'd tell him what's wrong with him, but I'd just be joining a long line of former employees who did when they left and he just blows it off. He took a new employee to lunch once on his first day and discussed management styles. He told the new guy "I like to micro-manage" - the new guy said "That's bad" He replied with, "I know, but I like to micro-manage", so he knows he wrong. Lord help all of us - we're like rats on a sinking ship.
As a senior manager, what do you do for a living? Besides worming your way out of working your scheduled late night , everyone under you knows you have no idea what you are doing, when are the people above you going to figure this out and get rid of you?
we have one of those rude and hipocritical bosses that they just hired with no experience. I have been there for six and a half years and she thinks she comes in acting like she knows more than me. slow your roll lady and practice what your preaching.you and the horse you rode in on suck!
Plain and simple your a money grubbing hog! You have no feelings for your employees and their lively hood. You don't even know the names of 80% of your employees. The only thing you know about them and me is how much we all make. Your safety policy sucks along with you! You have one employee who has been with you for 20yrs and now is home dying and all you did was send me and a co-worker to get his company truck and radio. No see how he is doing just get my stuff back here. ... worked for you ten yrs to long. I will leave your company by my hand not by you sending someone else to get my truck and radio! Truly you are pathetic as an employer!!
Yes, I would like to say that my so-called boss is the Queen of all B's and I don"t mean that in a good way!! She really has it in for me, she is doing everything to make my life stressful. She took away my right to sign up for overtime. She complains about the clothes I wear, my makeup, nails, and my rings!! I feel that she is straight up hating, she is jealous and she is driscriminatin'!! I would so love the chance to get her outside and show her the REAL me!! I guarantee you, she would change her mind real quick on trying to make my life a living hell ...
My boss is a Principal of an Elemetary school, and most of his employees are women. He only speaks to me, if there is a visitor in the building from our "home office!" He is the most arrogant man I have ever met! I would love to have the opportunity when one of his superieor's are visiting to say, "Why are you speaking to me now? Is it because _____ are here? You walk around here as if you don't know me the rest of the time. And by the way, can you introduce me to this person? Because I am certain you don't even know my name! So better yet let me introduce myself. I am one of the best assistants this school has ever had, I have had more positve results from students and parents, than many of your high class, certified, over paid, Special Ed teacher's that you love to show off! Also, just because your pay check is much bigger than mine, does not make you better than me!!!!!!
Okay I'm a pretty dedicated employee and Ive even been in management before so I'm pretty forgiving and I'm well aware that these people put up with a lot from their employees, but this woman is out of line. It is not okay to have absolutely no respect for the people in the trenches of your business, WE are the ones making it run. And if your going to be anal, unforgiving, and down right insane than AT LEAST have the courtesy to disrespect all of us the same and not pick and choose favorites. AND really you dont even chose your favorites by the standard of their work! Your favorites are the ones who kiss up to you on the regular. Get a life lady, just because your miserable you dont need to make the rest of us that way!
This is the best.John you are the biggest fool I've ever met. The day you fired the young man Thomas for hitting his FRIEND! Amanda with a sheet pan on the butt and saying it was considered sexual.And then turning around and touching Ericas boob with your ink pen and the both of you laughing about it was not cool at all. You should have been fired. ...
I'd like to thank you for being a horrible boss. As a future boss, I know what NOT to do to my employees. I'm smiling at you because I realize that you will be stuck in this place forever and I will be moving on to something bigger and better.
Hmmm... where do I begin? You are a dominating, dillusional, out-of-touch pig with ideals that stem from the 50's. Get your head out of YOUR butt and realize that you're being lied to and mislead by your "right-hand-man" to cover their own! GET A CLUE!!!
I work hard and do my job, it is not my fault that you are an idiot. How dare you blame me for the incompeteness of the Supervisors that you hired. Just because I am an intelligent, beautiful black woman, don't hate the player hate the game. If you weren't so jealous you could have a loyal, faithful, resource in my expertise. But you loss will be my gain. Holla
How can your mind be so small and your mouth so big? You don't even realize empoyee's use reverse psychology to get their way. Just because you cant control your spouse doesn't justify your power displacement issues. Grow up and realize were not the reason for your issues... YOU ARE!
My co-workers and I work our butts off every month to meet our referral goal because EVERYONE is required to. So why is it that our Supervisor (who was hired with no previous experience in the industry) gets by without meeting her goal and still gets to collect incentive pay on OUR REFERRALS. STOP SITTING ON YOUR FAT BEHIND AND DO SOME WORK OF YOUR OWN!!!
He is unfair and has unrealistic expectations. I am on his good side now, but I wish he wasn't so two-faced. One time he got mad at me and it wasn't even my fault, and what he said didn't even make sense. I didn't defend myself.
Dear Boss: When I came into work on that fateful day a few months ago, why didnt you stick up for me> You knew what would happen and what the LP guy was going to do which was trap me so they could fire me. YOU KNEW we were allowing customers to take coupons for purchases even if the item was not in their basket! You knew how much trouble we were having with certain employees giving us coupons that were for the wrong item. YOU even told us that as long as the coupon scanned NOT to worry to go ahead and accept it. WHY DID YOU LIE???? Since this I have not stepped into any of this chains stores and I refuse to ever do so again! I lost my life when I was fired and I didn't deserve it. I came to work every single day on time and stayed late and filled all my customers orders on time and correctly! I answered the phone in a pleasant voice and I never ever complained! I even went to NEW YORK to represent this company in America's #1 Hourly Worker Contest after only being with the company for 2 months! I was never ever short money wise and I tired depserately to do the right thing and yet I still got fired! Not warned, not written up, not suspended, just flat out fired.....So wrong and so cruel.....
In my new job that I just started, my boss has a Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde persona. One minute he will be really informal with us employees and laugh and joke, and let us in on the jacked up drama of his defunct (or lack of) love life and seriously annoy us with it, and once we react the same way with him, he will rudely tell us to get to work. Hello, I already know what I'm supposed to be doing, jerk!!!
My boss loves to lie for his own benefit.Two yrs ago another employee and I walked into his office and found him viewing a porn site.To cover his own wrong doing he put together his own story about me and the other employee having an affair.He assumed this was happening becuse we had lunch together quite often (discussing the porn in the boss' office), so of course we had to be doing something wrong.When I am confronted by both owners, I am yelled at for something two other employees had done yrs prior,had nothing to do with me, but get yelled at for it. Hmmm! Have a little integrity, boss!!
so my new 18 year old manager decided to write me up for : slamming doors, giving out free services, swearing in front of customers, being mean to other employees, shift abandoment, and not being professional. i NEVER once was written up before this, nor did i do anything she said. i wear clothes from ny and co. she wears clothes with hollister brand on the front and her boobs hanging out. She put me on break when i didnt need one and then bc i wasnt doing anything on my break told me to fix the toilet earlier in the morning. Needless to say, i refused to sign the paper with the bs she said i did, she said if i didnt sign it she'd fire me and that the higher up manager said she could. so i said eff you and left. I found out the next day the manager above her had been unreachable and on vaca for the past week and wouldnt be back for another 3 days.
WOW your post was my story completely!!!! I feel sorry for you, I'm glad that SOB is out of my life
As time steals your artificial Barbie doll assets that brought you along in life you seek to destroy the women YOU feel may try to take an inch of your undeserved power you wield around so viciously. You are not allowed to lie, instigate, name call, throw things at people or create a hostile environment to cover up for your inferiority of rising to a position that you are not capable. The technology has passed you by, take a freaking class already. The IT department has disowned you after 3 laptops in 6 months. My stomach hurt when your name was on the caller i.d - some money costs too much. Ironically I hear that they are seeking your replacement because kharma is grand.
There's absolutely no need to be condescending to others just because of the position or job that they hold. Remember the world takes many turns and what you may have today. I may hold tomorrow.
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