Some great
entries to this year’s competition, here are a selection of the best stories:
The boss
that told a female employee whilst eating his lunch that he likes working with
women because they are hard workers. Pausing to take a large bite of his
sandwich he blurted out, "Because women have more to prove".
The boss who
when asked by a direct report why his performance marking had been downgraded
from very good to poor after 2 months, replied "I don't have to explain
myself to you I'm your boss".
The boss who
told his team he had some good news and some bad news, the good news was he had
got a new job, the bad news was that they were being laid off.
The boss who appointed
a manager to a new position, relocating them and their family from Cranbrook to
Calgary and then fired them within a week of taking up the post.
The boss who
was supposed to the Supervisor of a transport maintenance garage but was
discovered by his Area Manager to be also working in a nearby Fast Food diner
having already clocked in for work at the garage. This came to light when
co-workers complained to the Area Manager that the Supervisor was only ever on
site at the beginning and end of shifts. The Area Manager visited the garage to
meet with the Supervisor couldn’t find him so went to get a coffee and wait,
you’ve guessed it, who served him at the diner? The missing Supervisor!
The boss whose
idea of motivating female employees was to pat them on the bottom when passing
them in the office. When challenged on this his response was “It’s only my way
of motivating them”.
The boss who
berated his team for not finishing the recoating of the inside of a furnace and
took it upon himself to finish the job. He entered the furnace, shut the door
and began the recoating – only to find that he had recoated the door and now
couldn’t get out.
The boss who
was caught on site putting garbage bags filled with empty beer cans in the back
of his truck. When challenged about his reported drinking at work claimed he’d
been set up and they weren’t his.
The boss who
went home early on the day his team were due to be told they were being laid
off leaving his co-worker to break the bad news.
Chart courtesy of the Office Team
The names of the bosses and the story tellers have been omitted to maintain confidentiality, winners of the competition have been notified separately.
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