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My manager had a meeting and said, "bande1102, you need to anticipate random, unpredictable outtages so that you don't have any downtime due to system issues"
"It's as if the local mental institution held a career day for (insert company name), handed out applications and hired a whole department on the spot."
I got breast cancer at 34 - after surgery, I had 4 rounds of chemo and 7 weeks (daily) of radiation. During my chemo, I took short term disability - made me way sicker than I thought. Anyway, I had a boss who referred to that time as "vacation". As in, you had a vacation, I don't know why you need to take any more time off (after being back to work for several months).
After what you've been through, your boss was an insensitive jerk. I couldn't work under someone like that.
I worked for a staffing company and we had a huge client that was doing a big staffing push, so all hands were on deck, including mine (marketing) and the owner's. Everyone was interviewing applicants. The lobby was stacked with people. The receptionist was walking back with completed applications and handing them out to all of us and as we'd finish an interview, we'd walk the person back out to the lobby and then call the name of the next applicant.
The boss strode out into the packed lobby and called out, "Jesus, I'm ready for ya!" (Note - he didn't say "HAY - sus" which was the Hispanic applicant's name, he said "Jesus," as in "Jesus Loves Me This I Know.")
I worked for a boss who was famous for passing his work off on others. One time, when he had overloaded all his direct-reports and couldnt find anyone else to take on more of his work, he exclaimed, in exasperation: "I went to college. I shouldnt have to work this hard."
Many years ago, I heard my boss say to someone, "A week from now, I'm going to open this desk drawer. Either you put your nuts there or your completed project before I slam the drawer shut."
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