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Weirdest boss you have had and why? (Bit of fun - let's see how times have changed)

Lisa

Hi everyone

Thought it would be a bit of fun to see if any of you have been unfortunate enough to have a weird/bad boss in the past.

One of mine (yeah, I've had a few) was in the early 90s.  Just after getting the job, I was speaking to the accountant who said to me (and I quote) "You know why he took you on over the others he interviewed?  He said last time he took on the girl with the biggest t**s and it didn't work out so this time he said he picked the one with the biggest smile".

I have to say, I couldn't wait to get out of there.  Thankfully, the decision was taken out of my hands after he had a major scuffle in reception with a director from another company and the following day we went into administration and were made redundant.

Let's hear your bad boss stories

Lisa

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  • My first day of my first “proper” job I answered a phone call and picked up the nearest pen to take a note of the message. It was a green pen and once I finished the call it was ripped out of my hand and I was given a lecture about knowing my place in the scheme of things by my supervisor (with the pen in one hand and a cigarette in the other, glad that has gone too)

    This was back in the days of manual records and staff used black pens. Supervisors had red pens to sign off any amendments, mistakes or annual leave requests on “leave cards” and senior managers (all men) had green pens to sign off a 5% check or for authorisations etc.

    Not that I knew it on day 1 but people actually walked about with the range of pens displayed in their top pocket as a status symbol!

    To be fair to that first supervisor years later when I was promoted to senior management (and by then we had early versions of computers) I received a green pen through internal mail.

    This was back in the day when women were not allowed to wear trousers to work and the most senior female supervisor checked that skirts lengths were below the knee and blouses fully buttoned up. Those infringing these rules were sent home to change and a half day of annual leave taken from them.

    How the world has changed.
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  • My first day of my first “proper” job I answered a phone call and picked up the nearest pen to take a note of the message. It was a green pen and once I finished the call it was ripped out of my hand and I was given a lecture about knowing my place in the scheme of things by my supervisor (with the pen in one hand and a cigarette in the other, glad that has gone too)

    This was back in the days of manual records and staff used black pens. Supervisors had red pens to sign off any amendments, mistakes or annual leave requests on “leave cards” and senior managers (all men) had green pens to sign off a 5% check or for authorisations etc.

    Not that I knew it on day 1 but people actually walked about with the range of pens displayed in their top pocket as a status symbol!

    To be fair to that first supervisor years later when I was promoted to senior management (and by then we had early versions of computers) I received a green pen through internal mail.

    This was back in the day when women were not allowed to wear trousers to work and the most senior female supervisor checked that skirts lengths were below the knee and blouses fully buttoned up. Those infringing these rules were sent home to change and a half day of annual leave taken from them.

    How the world has changed.
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