What is it with managers?Have you ever had a boss that was an absolute numpty?

Jay P

geeky wrote: »

Cheers Dylano, but I'm the one keeping the thing going

I actually posted this as a serious problem in the personal issues forum, got told to get jobhunting!

Well if you're looking for a serious answer, and I know it's a total cliché, but After Hours definitely is not the place to be looking for one.

But yes, I have a boss or two who could do with a frontal labotomy. And a good punch in the face. They're lovely though

Kradock

geeky wrote: »

Inspired by an earlier thread today, has anyone had a boss who was an absolute muppet - not necessarily mean, just someone without any real idea what they were doing?

I've got a lovely boss, but he actually doesn't have a clue. I fear it's endangering the company and by extension my job. I'd go into details but this is a public forum: suffice to say he's doing fairly stupid things consistently, running around from issue to issue like a headless chicken without resolving anything, and delaying any single fecking decision endlessly.

Has anyone ever had this problem, and how did they deal with it?

Geeky , we work together, there couldn't be 2 bosses that exist as you've described:)

geeky

Jay P wrote: »

Well if you're looking for a serious answer, and I know it's a total cliché, but After Hours definitely is not the place to be looking for one.

But yes, I have a boss or two who could do with a frontal labotomy. And a good punch in the face. They're lovely though

A fair point! but I love the job other than the sense that my work is being ballsed up by inept overlings, so 'dust off the aul CV' ain't much use.

Do you think I should sit it out in the hope he grows a brain/enjoy it while it lasts, or jump ship asap?

Lockstep

I've had some ****e ones.

Mainly men who thought that because they were ina job where they got to wear suits, they were wheeler-dealer entrepreneur types. Useless creatures.
Women with hair on their upper lips and evil in their hearts.

And the BNP who went ape**** over my lack of respect for Nick Griffin. Later in the night, for bringing up a customers (reasonable) respect, I was threatened with repeated physical abuse ("I'll take ya outside and split your head open"), upon being told that I wans't accepting that in the workplace (especially from a supervisor), kicked me out of the place saying he'd get me fired (I wasn't luckily)

ItsNoAlias

Oh yes I have definately had a few!. Not in my current job being as they are all incredibly competant and sound but I used to work nights in a well known call centre and I thought all management, bar a few, were definate numpties.

Fratton Fred

Dudess wrote: »

I had a boss who was a cross between David Brent and Ian Beale. A person for whom the term "cunt" was surely coined.

I know the sort of guy you mean.

At the moment, my boss is a bit like this guy

Saint_Mel

Big Knox wrote: »

Your missing the point, the point is you need to push the thanks button on that post as fast as possible before you realise that yes it is definitely aload of sh1t!!

Not a word of a lie in my post. The man was a simpleton.
Although the main confusion over the stapler/mouse seemed to be the fact that Im left handed and had the mouse to the left of the keyboard. He couldnt grasp that fact and kept grabbing the closest thing to the right, which in most cases was the stapler.

The man was a prime example of the Dilbert Principal.