 Lights, Camera...Bad Bosses!Every year, Working America runs a national competition for America's worst boss--and it’s tough competition. Familiar stories about hard work, bad pay, no benefits and no respect come flooding in. Enter today to see if you can escape from your Bad Boss! We're asking working people to expose the truth about their bad bosses. It's not just a chance to vent — you also could win one of two grand prizes if your story is rated the worst bad boss experience.
Cancer Can't Stop This BossPete Yonski, IllinoisMy story starts with me being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. I am in my early thirites and have not worked since March of this year. I also h...(More) A Miscarriage of JusticeLady of the House, MarylandMy husband and I have been trying for years to start a family, to no avail. As such, being successful at my job was a wonderful respite. I had been w...(More) My boss knowingly hired my stalkerStalked at Work, MaineMy boss made me wait on a dangerous stalker and then knowingly hired him to bus tables on my shift. It happened about 13 years ago, when I was waitres...(More) No-Call BossDoboy, New YorkMy entry tells of the time my wife was pregnant with my firstborn son. I was tearing down a pair of machines so they could be cleaned, which entailed ...(More) My husband's untimely illnessDoctor's note, CaliforniaIn 2004 My husband found out he had a brain tumor. It was my boss's policy to call her if we were going to miss any work, even if she was on vacation....(More) worst boss in America: G.W. Bushbludnguts, Minnesota1. He is not qualified by either training or successful experience in management. He and his friends engaged in illegal activities to get him the job....(More) Business is Burning and so are the EmployeesSteaming MadI worked on a help desk in a plant. I was the least senior of the help desk employees. Since the company had decided they could not do without a h...(More) Lunch With The BossmomtimesfourI had been invited to lunch with my boss, along with several of my coworkers. Our boss was known for being, well, cheap. We all prepared ourselves for...(More) Unsanitary Conditions -- and We Served Food!Serving sewageI used to work part-time in a university kitchen. One year, our director bought some food off a truck "because it was cheap." By the end of the week...(More) The DrawingSue, New HampshireOur boss was a tyrant who called us degrading names, humiliated us publicly, and screamed at us for everything from talking as we worked to going to t...(More) My boss the pimpI'm no HoYears ago my boss had several business acquaintances who traveled in and out of town on business. Very late one night, I received a call at home from...(More) Disabled Veteran denied Agency handicap parking spacebelow-the-knee amputee, MarylandI requested one of the handicap parking spaces assigned to the agency I work for because my below-the-knee prosthesis does not like it when I have to ...(More) Baby is a self-inflicted wound?1st time mommy, IowaMy former employer didn't have maternity leave. The reason, because women only need 2 weeks off to have a baby, "Two weeks of vacation time should be ...(More) No time off for hospitalized child.Tina, MichiganOne morning my 2-year old daughter was playing on my bed when she fell off and stopped breathing. My husband administered mouth-to-mouth recesitation...(More) Making Pizza Between ContractionsPregnant at the PizzeriaThis happened a few years ago at my old job. I worked in a Pizza shop for many years. I was 9 months pregnant and one afternoon I went into labor. ...(More) What happened to a restroom break?LisaYears ago I worked for a man who sold an infomercial product. We sold these in five states and he ran hundreds of commercials on tv and had dozens of...(More) Boss's bridal shower taken from our checksRonald, ConnecticutI work for a retail store, but in all my many years of retail this experience took the cake. The owner of the business invited all employees to a dinn...(More) Morning briefing from his showerDisgusted in Downtown, OhioI worked for an attorney in a very small law office downtown. The attorney was an older man in his sixties, chunky and going bald. I would arrive at...(More) Death No Reason To Miss WorkNo Bereavement, ColoradoMy father passed away unexpectedly due to complications resulting from pneumonia. When I advised my boss that I would need Saturday off to attend the...(More) Grammar and Suicidesemi-colon queen, WashingtonMy boss was actually a nice person, but completely clueless, which made her a terrible boss. At the time I started working for her, I was also volun...(More)
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