13 Types of Bosses and How to Make Them Love You

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Interesting article. My boss is the most cold hearted, hypocrite, and miserable person I have ever met in my life. My boss literally plans negative seeds in everyone's garden. I hope one day someone puts in her in her spot. Thier is no way for her to ever love me or anyone. That women doesn't love anyone.

Great stuff boys.

I will put them to use.

What a great article! My last boss was definately a monster with a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde personality. The man had to be mentally ill as he was in denial about his faults. He was also a micro-manager, thought he was always right, was manipulative, and rarely accepted fault. Six women (including me) that I know of from 2 divisions took him to HR individually with little satisfaction because it appeared that he had not changed. HR mostly stuck up for him because he is a manager, and didn't illegally harrass anyone, though he yelled at and belittled many of us. (A lawyer said that it should be illegal for someone to treat employees that way.) He is also in a protected class so HR may have been afraid to fire him in case he would sue them. I battled HR because they lied and manipulated the situation that I had reported him for. In the end I lost, even though I had a very good review from a "Miracle Manager" whom I had lost a few months before the trouble started. Four of us in our department wanted nothing to do with him as a manager because we either experienced his unprofessional personality or had been told about him. Two of us had taken him to HR, and a third one would have but she was afraid of losing her job. I was awarded full severance pay (if accepted, cannot sue the company), pension, and unemployment. To me this an admission of HR's guilt as they didn't have to give me severance or my pension, and could have fought against unemployment. I thought he was illegal for his yelling and belittling behavior, and retaliation. It was until after I was laid off that I realized there were 1 or 2 things he and HR could have been sued for.

I had a boss that always pointed out the negatives in all his employees and he never seemed to acknowledge their great accomplishments. What causes this negativity in a boss? Why?

My problem has been that I have seen several of these characteristics in one individual and in different bosses. It a scary world out there