Comments on: 9 clueless manager stories from hell

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:14:21 +0000

I went to work with the flu once and it happened to be right after a weekend trip abroad. He said, “You should think about not travelling on weekends if it makes you sick.”

Today, a good 6 months later, I came in with a cricked neck. Everything that needs to be done today can be done from home so when I asked if that was a possibility he said, “if you’re going to be unfit to work the next day, you should really think about not doing sports and such”.

There are many other reasons I loathe working under him, but listing too many may lead to him finding them when he googles, “am I a lousy manager?”

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:03:31 +0000

“I worked briefly for a manager who told me after a month that I had no people skills”

I was really impressed with his grasp of human development. What a ##&&wit

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:00:40 +0000

“I know exactly what I need, I’m just not too sure what that is…” Quote from an utter muppet i work with

By: parise

parise — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:23:29 +0000

Really funny.
Tomorrow will be my last working day at current company, which is probably one of the main reasons, now Monster.com will be my best friend.
Hope can find a nice manager in my future career, not clueless damn manager.
Bad management can kill a team morale and motivation.

By: Yankee Tickets

Yankee Tickets — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:47:04 +0000

Those are some great quotes. While reading this post I was reminded of The Office and Office Space more than once. I have been in situations like those before and sometimes I just wonder if these people hear what they say.

By: s#+@&ffer pump

s#+@&ffer pump — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:52:49 +0000

We have a classic. Our general manager could not make it as the Service Manager, nor the Sales Director; so our owner promoted him to General Manager. He generally works 8-11:30AM, goes to lunch, comes back and then leaves at 1:00PM to go coach a local high school sports team. To make matters worse when he’s in the office he is on the phone about his sports team. He has been here around 10-11 years and still knows less about this industry that an individual that ‘s been here for a year. He is a complete buffoon, all one has to do is read his memo’s and correspondence….full of misspelled words and grammatical errors. A grade school kid could do better. Anyhow, word is half of our office is looking for other positions, unless he is gone. It’s so bad now we actually have clients questioning his insanity.

By: Joe Reis

Joe Reis — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:49:05 +0000

There are some undeniable forces in this world: gravity, the tides, and incompetent managers. I’ve also noticed an inverse relationship between manager quality and the number of “how to be a manager” books on a manager’s shelf.

By: Colony of Termites

Colony of Termites — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:06:22 +0000

It seems like the dumber the boss is, the more likely they are to be promoted. I guess if you kick someone upstairs, they spread their stupidity over more people and it’s not as concentrated?

By: ITM

ITM — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:15:47 +0000

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By: Critical Illness Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:02:00 +0000

according to some of these “quotes” it seems only quantity which matters, not quality!!