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Tb2571989 says Bad Management isn't just a great name for a heavy metal band - what kind of rubbish work practices have you had to put up with?

(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 10:53)
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Inept management
The people I work for are prime candidates for examples of inept management. A while ago when I started we had a boss that had risen up the ranks and gone from the position of blue-collar lacky to boss of the whole place. I will admit that I liked him; He was approachable, level headed and never afraid to get his hands dirty and work with us lowly workers. He also enjoyed being called by his first name which always made us feel like we could go to him when needed.

I was away for a few weeks and when I returned I was told that there was a change of management and we were now being managed by a bloke named U. From the look of things U was a pretty decent fit for the job as he was from the same mould as my first boss but a short while after taking the job a few flaws appeared. He had confidence issues and would always be whining about how he was no good, he also tried to act like everything he did was agood company descision, even the time where he was involved in an accident that involved the wrecking of a company vehicle-seriously I would say that ¾ of his vehicle was buggered beyond recognition and looking back I think that this may have been his way of trying to hide his stress and insecurities.

Naturally his flaws were spotted immediately and U was moved sideways and replaced by H. H was not a good choice and a number of staff actually blamed him for the departure of our original boss, from what I saw of him I’m not surprised.

H was a little too hot tempered for my liking, he was also outgoing to the point of irritation and unlike our original boss he started to insist that we called him by a different name. Anywhoo despite his failings we still managed to avert a corporate takeover and keep up a pretty decent atmosphere. I will admit that this guy was still pretty annoying and the other business competition was nowhere near as hard as it used to be, H also used to mention that he was not always too happy being the go to person (Not as much as U did but still a thing that in my opinion is a little disheartening to hear).

Thankfully some of the higher ups must have seen an error in their ways and we were eventually reunited with our original boss. I know that I was not the only one that was happy to see him back as everyone adores him. I don’t know how to end this so I will just do it by saying thank god you came back Optimus Prime the replacements you chose were woeful.

I need to go get some sleep. Sorry for length.
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:13, 4 replies)
classic mon

(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:27, closed)
Ta

(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:55, closed)
Matrix of leadership!
woooo!
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:14, closed)
I knew it was the Mon!
As usual, I couldn't guess it till the end.
Click!
(, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 15:33, closed)

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