Weird Boss

Stories of Office Facism, Hellscapes, and just plain bizarre management choices. managed by @mjb_sf and team. DMs are open or tag #WeirdBoss.

[Weird Boss @Weird_Boss]

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[Bob Sutton @work_matters]

A small way to reinforce a culture of mutual respect. My mother taught me to be on time. It is a double-edged sword. I bet I have spent a year of my life waiting as a result.

[Bob Sutton @work_matters]

This is spot on, even the most skilled people fail in systems that frustrate and overwhelm them, and leave them feeling helpless and exhausted #frictionproject

[Laura⁷ is seeing bts! @stutteringkook]

My boss asked me a couple of days ago if I really need to use a cane at work, because her mother is 75 and she doesn't use a cane so why do I need one...

She has also hidden my cane multiple times, because she wants to test if I can walk without it. #ThePoliticsOfTrying

[Hot Fiendish Dr. Noid Summer @_noid_]

@Weird_Boss 3/11/11 I was set to kick off a major project starting in our Japan data center. That day Japan was rocked by a massive earthquake and tsunami. The data center was evacuated and was running unmanned. Couldn't start my project. Boss said "That's no excuse"

[Weird Boss @Weird_Boss]

We've seen some shitty stuff so far, but this is pretty shitty.

Welp at least the ladies dodged a bullet with this jerk.

#Weirdboss

[Gala @GalaCF]

If you want to remind yourself how job ads can be brutally sexist and CEOs that are ok with it, you can hop over to my linkedin.

[Weird Boss @Weird_Boss]

Egads. #Weirdboss

[Honey Sonwani @honey_sonwani]

Took a week off for my mother's surgery. After coming back, the manager says, "your personal life is affecting our work, women in our country work and also serve their families". I think they really don't understand the concept of PRIORITIES.

#CheapWorkEthics #WorkLifeBalance

[Weird Boss @Weird_Boss]

you are not alone. #Weirdboss

[ms ektar @lizgnosis]

celebrating labor day by realizing how much I hate my boss

[Weird Boss @Weird_Boss]

@Bill_Lumburg What would you say you do here?

[Weird Boss @Weird_Boss]

It’s not a day off or anything Bill

[Chris Cut Loose Like A Deuce @tchris131]

@Moonpir @Weird_Boss @mipsytipsy I worked for this type of guy for 4 of the worst months of my life until he “asked me to resign” & gave me a week’s pay. Best thing that ever happened to me

[Weird Boss @Weird_Boss]

This is office facism.#WeirdBoss

[amor⭐️💫 @adjbeautyy]

My boss asked me if I believed in God and I said kind of and he said "You better believe, we would be nothing without him" Okay you crazy Christian

[🇮🇶 @twoodIey]

My boss said “don’t bitch” when she posted the schedule while she didn’t even look at my availability when making it

[Mat Fournier @mat4nier]

@mipsytipsy Subcontractor has some hiccups but fulfills contract. Client is unhappy and refuses to process invoices ($1 mil each) over subs 50k. Says sub is a small company too small to sue so just dont pay them until they drop the price of the work they've already done by half. I quit.

[Robert Hafner @tedivm]

@mipsytipsy We were getting a new office put together and the COO wanted to make sure he has the only corner office, so he made the planners offset my office by about 8 feet from the corner. So we just had this little hallway to nowhere that had some really great views.

[nicola 🌞 @nicolarushton]

@mipsytipsy I'm gonna go with referring to the hand model in my mockup photos as "the hooker" because she was wearing red nail polish

[Amanda Gonser @amandagonser]

@mipsytipsy I was trained incorrectly on a process when I was first hired, and when a new VP was hired later and found I was doing it ‘wrong’ compared me to a Nazi because I should have known I wasn’t doing the right thing & should have known better. The person who trained me is still there.

[moon @Moonpir]

@mipsytipsy A) "do not do that without checking with me"
B) "I don't want to be bothered with this stuff."
C) return to A

[Weird Boss @Weird_Boss]

We were inspired by Charity’s call. So go read her summary👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

[Charity Majors @mipsytipsy]

Here is the summary of my lightning talk:

"Management for Anarchists"
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First of all, am I an anarchist? No, I am not. I am an Oakeshottian conservative; I believe no ideology can be true or good divorced of particular conditions.