BigBadBoss.com
Free Advice, Tips & Resource References
Find your Bad Boss among the 13 types below.
Click on the yellow link to get the chapter you need.
Does your boss:
Reporting to a Wannabe Boss is like being an orphan and living alone in the streets.
As Wannabe Bosses see it, your job is to help them get away with not doing their job.
2. Criticize, downplay or ignore your ideas; or take credit for your work?
Reporting to a Suppressor Boss is like being invisible. Suppressor Bosses want your unfaltering admiration, reverence and subservience.
Click to download a .pdf file of the Suppressor Boss Chapter $3
3. Lack necessary knowledge, skills or experience in his/her field or profession?
Reporting to a Pretender Boss is like being an indentured servant. Pretender Bosses want you to
treat them as experts even though they lack technical knowledge, skill, experience, and/or interest.
4. Ignore serious problems or make them worse?
Reporting to a Confounder Boss is like being a robot. Confounder Bosses want you to let them blunder along without regard for the consequences of their actions.
Click to download a .pdf file of the Confounder Boss Chapter $35. Measure results based only on things that can be easily counted?
Reporting to a Dumbfounder Boss is like pretending that you do not see an accident about to happen. Dumbfounder Bosses want you to provide numerical results reports that make their department look good regardless of how accurate or complete those results are.
Click to download a .pdf file of the Dumbfounder Boss Chapter $3
6. Hire unqualified employees, vendors or consultants?
Reporting to a Propagator Boss is like being a devoted cheerleader. Propagator Bosses want you to be their disciple & co-conspirator, and help them climb the career ladder.
Click to download a .pdf file of the Propagator Boss Chapter $3
7. Do the nitty-gritty, detailed work in your department?
Reporting to a Player Boss is like playing with a manipulative and mean child.
Click to download a .pdf file of the Player Boss Chapter $3
8. Insult, taunt, harass, or threaten you; or snap, shout or curse at you?
Reporting to a Bully Boss is like being one of the "Three Little Pigs" living in a house made of straw
or twigs. Bully Bosses want you to consider them superior to you in all things
and tolerate their incivilities.
9. Expect you to agree with her or his ideas, or give you incorrect information?
Reporting to a Manipulator Boss is like being "Little Red Riding Hood."
Manipulator Bosses want you to be dependent on them regardless of your position or level of
competence.
10. Gossip with your peers or encourage infighting and internal competition?
Reporting to a Cult-Maker Boss is like being a "Cinderella" or "Cinderfella," living in servitude.
Cult-Maker Bosses want you to worship them with blind obedience and
go along with the majority without question.
11. Use company assets inappropriately or unethically?
Reporting to a Pilferer boss is like being a suspect in a crime with an unethical investigator searching for evidence against you, as if you are the guilty one. Pilferer Bosses want you to pretend that you
Click to download a .pdf file of the Pilferer Boss Chapter $3
12. Work against company goals and programs while pretending to support them?
Reporting to a Saboteur Boss is like (1) being witness to a crime you're unable to stop;
or (2) living in the past; or (3) being in a cold war. Saboteur Bosses want you to help them
undermine those of your organization's programs that put them at a personal disadvantage.
Click to download a .pdf file of the Saboteur Boss Chapter $3
13. Appear to have different personalities on different days?
Reporting to a Combination-Type Boss is like walking through a fun house at the circus. Combination-Type Bosses want you to pretend not to notice their inconsistencies
14. Want to know how to transfer, resign or be prepared for a quick getaway in the future?
Information on this Web site is not a substitute for legal advice. Seek the advice of an employment attorney for your circumstances. If you are a victim of illegal discrimination, contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—EEOC. Links are provided on the RESOURCE PAGE