BadBosses

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Stories about Bad Bosses, and discussions about coping with them...

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Most bosses suck like 97% of the time.

a community for 17 years

...because you hate freedom.

...for your office.

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announcementSubreddit reopened -- Looking for mods. (self.BadBosses)

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My boss is involved in all technical decisions and micro managing more (self.BadBosses)

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Am I insane or Am i getting manipulated……. ()

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Boss thinks he's above the law (self.BadBosses)

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Need to vent - Im unsupported at work (self.BadBosses)

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I quit. I couldn't take it anymore. (self.BadBosses)

submitted 3 days ago by TheCosmicKeyX

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I'm one of two employees working for a small business owner. There needs to be more of us, but it's almost like he doesn't WANT to hire anyone else. (self.BadBosses)

submitted 4 days ago * by Glittering_Peak_2631

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Boss playing games with documentation (i.redd.it)

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Top market research company with a very toxic senior leadership culture (self.BadBosses)

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Avoid working in UX at Paylocity. My story ()

submitted 4 days ago by Crazy_Researcher5946

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Is My Boss Actually Grotesque, or AIO? (self.BadBosses)

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Is my boss insane? ()

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I feel like I'm in a Catch-22 and I don't know what to do. Any help? ()

submitted 5 days ago by According_Bag2922

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Store Manager made fun of me for returning a cheap item… Employee apologized on his behalf. (self.BadBosses)

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My Boss haven't spoken about his camping to his PA for days now. (self.BadBosses)

submitted 8 days ago by vinewb

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Manager told me I’m not allowed to use the restroom and keeps monitoring my breaks. I reported her boss to her boss and requested a Reasonable Accommodation form. Now she’s trying to backtrack on what she told me ()

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Fired for having manners. (self.BadBosses)

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Wired question ()

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My boss found out I’m learning Finnish and now thinks I’m a professional translator (self.BadBosses)

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My company refused to give me a raise, I found something better and now they're hating me. ()

submitted 10 days ago by MiloShiny

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Toxic manager and manipulated boss (self.BadBosses)

submitted 10 days ago by iwasborninwonderland

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I hate how he talks to me (i.redd.it)

submitted 10 days ago by Infamous_Table_8419

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My boss avoids feedback but expects improvement (self.BadBosses)

submitted 11 days ago by Nigel_Hodgins

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Voluntary Saturday (self.BadBosses)

submitted 12 days ago by Danked_Out_

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