Workshy doesn't even begin to cover it
Like a few other b3tards, my boss seems to be an absolute dab hand at avoiding work like it's some sort of plague-like disease.

In the time I've worked there (a year and a half) I can count on one hand the number of times she's worked a full work week. Most days she doesn't work her full shift. "Mysteriously", she's often not feeling well on Fridays and Mondays. But mostly Fridays. Her excuses have included:

- An ongoing skin rash (which clearly prevents her from doing a desk job);
- An alleged cancer scare (which mysteriously disappeared in a matter of two weeks);
- Numerous colds, general "I'm not feeling wells", and other petty complaints;
- Her kid being sick (repeat ad infinitum);
- Her daycare sending her kid home for one reason or another (she must have the most unreliable daycare in the world);
- Having to take days off before and after business trips. Anyone else who works there is expected to work up until the time they have to drive to the airport and to be back straight after returning;
- Other ridiculous excuses too numerous to mention.

It's just sad, and it's doubly disheartening because if you ever try and take a sick day, you get treated like you're taking advantage of the company. Management at the company is getting fired and replaced at the moment like it's some kind of holy mission, so I can only hope she's one of the next ones to go.

I'm sure I'll have more stories about her, because she's an absolute corker. She has about as much leadership ability as I do talent with Photoshop.
(BlackArmadillo Avoided writing that article on, Sun 21 Jun 2009, 0:30, Reply)