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.

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Boss Type: Mr. Stopwatch

Bad Boss

Jean, Ohio

My husband had a stroke and couldn't drive. It was winter time and I arranged to work through my lunch hour so I could use my lunch break at 3:00-4:00...(More)

Boss Type: His Royal Bossiness

Treated like children

Scooter, Minnesota

I was working as an executive level manager when our managing director requested to have a staff meeting in one hour. She summoned the set up manager...(More)

OVERHEAD AND HANGING

Stan, Pennsylvania

When I first started my boss seemed to be ok, but to tell you truthfully he smiled to much! Always stating "this is family" here and it was true a ...(More)

Boss Type: Creepy Boss

CREEPY, ODD (STEALING) BOSS

Chapman, Arizona

I started working for my company back in April of 2007. At that time through December of that year we a had a very nice boss. Very friendly and curtio...(More)

Boss Type: Boss Slob

My inferiority complex is not as good as yours!

AJW06, New Jersey

I have a boss that no one wants to work, she checks my phone logs, asked IT for permission to get into my computer, and even calls me while I'm on ...(More)

The TriFecta - Tale of 3 Bosses

Three's A Charm

I was let go 2 months before my wedding; my boss tried to make it up by providing a professional level camera and operator to video my wedding. Th...(More)

Cloak and Dagger

Sting like a bee

My boss hired me after one of his favorite drivers quit. I worked for him before as a fill-in driver from an agency for five weeks; I thought he was a...(More)

Very bad boss

Disrespected, Florida

I had previously worked at a research facility. I had several very unusual bosses while working there. One of my bosses wanted the office furniture m...(More)

File Stuffing Two Faced Boss

"Bill", Michigan

I worked in an office off of a warehouse for a mill. It is a new facility and we were the first crews to grace the floors and start the facility for t...(More)

Evil People Need Jobs Too

Ron Over

I had been with the main employer 7 years. I applied to transfer to another location so that I could learn more in my field. THIS guy was the manager ...(More)

Bad Boss

Abby, California

I worked with one of the partners at another company for 2½ years. He left that company, started his own business with another man, and last year,...(More)

Boss Type: His Royal Bossiness

Prison Riots Are Not Fun!

Louis

Want a riot in your local prison? Hire my boss. As education director, my previous boss had put me in charge of graduation for several years with a ...(More)

Boss Type: His Royal Bossiness

Let's make a deal.

Iris, Washington

I had been working at an airport for several years and was known to be the go to person for anything that was needed. They finally hired a new finance...(More)

Boss Type: Ol' Yeller

Boss to the rescue? I think not!!!

Staty

Working for as a caseworker can be trying times. Normally it's the clients who are the ones giving you a hard time. On one memorable occasion (haha) I...(More)

Boss Type: Ol' Yeller

The very worst boss!

Lenny, Iowa

After washing the company car, I did not dry it, as normally we would do. By looking at the sky you could tell a mid-western thunderstorm was just mi...(More)

Too many chiefs ... among other things ...

Susan

I'm the only employee of this organization, and I report to 18 people, all of whom are volunteers. I've been here 3 months, and I work 20 hours per we...(More)

Boss Type: Mr. Stopwatch

wolf in sheep's clothing

griefstricken

I thought my boss was a "good" boss. He has employees put 8 hours per day for any day they work at least part of the day and then you can make it up w...(More)

Death in the Imeddiate Family

Betrayed

I returned around midnight from a bbusiness trip. My husband came to pick me up at the airport. When we returned, we found his mother who lived with...(More)

Boss Type: His Royal Bossiness

NOT ONE OF THE FAB FIVE

HANK, Utah

This boss tends to keep his pals really close to him, always protecting them when they have messed up and when they need the day off. If you have some...(More)

Officer Safety

magik, Wisconsin

Im a small women in law enforcement, though I rarely ever ask for assitance one day I needed help but couldn't get it. My boss left me in a hospital r...(More)

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