Boss Type: Creepy Boss

A little guy

Reluctant Serf, Pennsylvania

I was an independent contracter, an interpreter, for private company when the boss offered to interview me for a permanent position in the office. From being there occasionally to pick up checks, I had noted the large proportion of attractive women working there, and being a 2O something male, I saw it as a perk. Little did I know that the maintennance of this ratio would eventually play a mysterious part in my termination.

The boss mentioned the interview was a formality. He treated it as such by showing up drunk. He opened by non-chalantly telling me he was drunk. The incredibly awkward fifteen minute interview went more like a rant about his favorite South American liquors, the only real questions directed at me addressing my own preferences regarding alcohol. Not a glance at my resume, nor a single inquiry as to my previous work experience. He told me I was great and said he'd contact me soon. I walked out confused, and even more confused when he called me later to offer me the job. The job market for recent grads was terrible at the time. I took it.

He oriented me by expressing his need for his employees to be 'loyal' to him. I found this to be perhaps the only reasonable thing he had said to me thus far...until, in the same breath, he began criticizing his current employees; my new co-workers. He commented on their incompetence, their lack of creativity and slowly moved on to relate how attractive many of his hires are, a statement carrying an undertone of 'you're welcome.' As I walked out of his office, I heard him crack open a can of beer. This was only the beginning.

Over the next few months, he told me wildly innapropriate things; how he likes his women, how unattractive he found his wife, his marital indiscretions, etc. He drank quite a bit, both on his long lunches and in his office. I realized quickly what 'loyalty' actually meant to him, as every employee in this little company shared their experienced trash talk over lunch. He chewed out everyone behind everyone else's back, resulting in a constant state of near mutiny. The only thing preventing an all out revolution was the incredibly high rate of turnover. No one could handle him for more than a year, and those who did played a constant game.

This synopsis of his personality reflects only his personality and not the scores of unethical business practices I witnessed while at this company. Unpaid invoices, collection agency run-arounds, lawsuits and straight up lies. I still can't believe this man hasn't been sued for his demeanor toward women in the workplace. I was disgusted, and actually quite relieved when he fired me for something my supervisor (and the boss's best buddy) screwed up. I met with my newly ex-coworkers a week later for drinks. The first thing they said was, "You should see your replacement. She's gorgeous."

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