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The boss that demands respect and is unable to give respect
Posted by: jeep50
Date: 9/14/2004 8:19:33 PM
Currently I have a boss who demands complete respect. However, the individual is unbale to give respect to employees in order elminate the learning curve. The demand is high and the output is low for this boss. When the boss work weekends everyone is required to work a weekend and if not your in the dog house. The boss is emotional abusive and I have witnessed numerous employees break down because they can't stand up to the person out of fear. My question to all how do you deal with an individual such as this and why does everyone take the abuse.
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mindym22 |
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9/16/2004 12:58:00 PM |
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This sounds like harassment to me.Does he insult employees over things that are personal that have nothing to do with the job, such as marital status etc? |
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winterbaby |
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9/19/2004 3:27:00 PM |
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Hey Jeep50 What you have at work is believe it or not a form of workplace violence. To answer your question why do people put up with it? Because sometimes people have to do what they have to do. I know I was a victim of emotional abuse and suffered a nervous breakdown from it. Everyday I would wonder what I was going to get yelled at for, picked on about, and or be totally ignored. When the boss would walk out on the floor everyone would run and hide or cringe and cower. To hear her start to yell in front of customers and other team members was the most intimidating thing that could happen to you. I stayed there for two years enduring it everyday. Why? I needed the job. I support myself and needed the benefits. |
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ottosmom |
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9/19/2004 8:29:00 PM |
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I worked for the boss from h..l)owner of the company) for over 4 years! After numerous times of being screamed at in front of my co-workers(he would do this to all of the female employees mostly and was much better with the male employees), he did it one too many times and I decided enough was enough. The next day I calmly asked him if I could speak with him and told him that he had every right to criticize me on any work issues, BUT he did not have the right to do it in front of my co-workers and then I gave my 2-week notice! I took him totally by surprise, as I was the first one to ever stand up to him and quit! I applied for unemployment benefits and at first was denied because he lied to them, but I appealed it and one at the arbitration meeting! No one deserves to be berated, embarassed and humiliated in front of their co-workers! This is totally uncalled for an unprofessional. I learned later that he had hired a consulting firm that deals with how employers work with their employees and I have also been told by some of my former co-workers that he has been better with them, since I stood up to him, but he still does revert back to old ways most of the time. This man will never change. He may be nice for a while, but it is not in his nature to be nice person or boss! |
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ottosmom |
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9/19/2004 8:33:00 PM |
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Oops. meant to say "I appealed it and "won" at the arbitration meeting" and " This is totally uncalled for "and" unprofessional." |
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cbsaphire |
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9/20/2004 12:16:00 PM |
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if my last boss was an owner of a company, i'd say we worked for the exact same man! i also decided enough was enough and quit. i've applied for unemployment and hope it isn't denied. my boss was verbally abusive to everyone. men, women, immediate reports and everyone he came in contact with. made me wonder why they kept him. i couldn't stand up to him. i reported him to hr and they responded with "that's just him. he treats everyone the same". yeah, and that doesn't make it right. no one should have to take nerve pills to go to work. if you find yourself shaking uncontrolably or crying all the time, or cleaning the bathroom floor in a haze of depression: get out. quit before your job kills you!
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natalie |
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10/7/2004 4:20:00 PM |
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if you really like your job it's such a shame that these people spoil it for you. They haven't the intelligence or patience to realise that their behavour is both toxic and counterproductive |
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