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Study Says 2 In 5 Bosses Lie
Freshly Exhumed writes to tell us about a Florida State University study of 700 employees indicating that nearly two of five bosses don't keep their word. The study will be published later this year. From the article: "The abusive boss has been well documented in movies ('Nine to Five'), television (Fox's 'My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss') and even the Internet. 'They say that employees don't leave their job or company, they leave their boss. We wanted to see if this is, in fact, true,' said Wayne Hochwarter, an associate professor of management in FSU's College of Business."
3 out of 5 bosses DON'T lie! That should melt a few ice cold cynical hearts out there.
Studies show that 100% of my employees are mouthy SOBs who don't know what side their bread is buttered on. Lie at work? Abusive relationship? You shouldn't have talked, kids; now you'll really know what an abusive boss is like!
Where do people think that boss's come from? Hell.
Truer words were never spoken...
The other 3 lied in the survey.
And now I add some more text, ruining the joke, because the lameness filter has no sense of humour.
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Survey says: 2 out of 5 bosses lie - the other 3 lied about whether they lied.
I have never lied to *anyone* who has worked for me.
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50% less.
When they lie more often, they are promoted.
FTFA:"The abusive boss has been well documented in movies"
... movies?! ...
Well documented in the
How about also well documented in Mad Magazine...
"We are all geniuses when we dream"
- E.M. Cioran
Did anyone look at the picture of Prof.Wayne Hochwarter, and assume this was an actor posing to look like a jerk boss for the article?
I spend most of my time in bed, darling.
Nice way to lose some useful data in the translation. Do you work in Marketing?
If we assume that the average boss has an average of ten grunts...
Ditzy secretary: "I've never had a boss last that long."
This guy's the limit!
I had a boss like lumburgh. Always missing the point and rewarding butt kissers who spent all day emailing so they didn't have to do any actual work. The greatest glory I received was an email, forwarded to me by a friend, after I had quit. It was from HR and advised anyone caught defacing the bathroom or tampering with the "mechanical function" of the toilets would be fired. I left a steaming sub in each of the men's rooms the night I quit. I quit on a Friday.
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I had a manager when I worked at a gas station who was verbally abusive. It wasn't a matter of volume; it was the tone. It was like he was hocking venom at you or flicking daggers.
"I can't believe this shit..." Made you feel like you were a three-year-old.
Sheesh, I don't need a boss like that. My wife does that enough already.
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
had a boss that was verbally abusive. Sometimes he would yell, but mostly he would just quietly berate you.
I did too. My "supervisor" screamed at me I laughed in her face. She broke down in tears, went back to her desk and called her shrink to cry and then her supervisor.
Her supervisor called me for my side of the story of which I replied, "She went off the deep end screaming at me and I laughed in her face. End of story."
She never screamed at me again but she still works there. It never ceases to amaze me.
Only when Microsoft started hiring more women and minorities did things change to a large degree. Of course, Microsoft's productivity also took a hit right around that time too.
So, what am I saying? Decide that for yourself.
You're a misogynistic racist who has no idea how to motivate workers? Hey, if you're also a habitual drunk, you win a prize!
What he can't kill, he has sex on. Trent.
You're going to take somebody's overly general and comically exaggerated statement that had nothing to do with you in particular as a personal insult, but not what I said?
Man, I don't even know what to say. Thanks, I guess :P You guys' dedication to avoiding any sort of introspection is just amazing.
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Well, 3 out of 5 employees lie to their managers too. So it evens out. Brillant!
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Too bad you didn't have the option of taking your manager to Uganda, and leaving him there.
-jcr
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You worked at Accenture too?
Did your manager also have a feathered hat, wear a long, purple fur coat, and carry a cane?
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