Bad Bosses You May Encounter - 10 Common Types

Types of Bad Bosses you may encounter. Do you hate your boss? In your career you may encounter you're going to encounter a bad boss. In this video I'll cover the 10 most common bad bosses you're likely to work with at some point.

0:00 - intro
1:08 - The Narcissist
2:14 - The Aloof Boss
2:46 - The Workaholic
3:45 - The Unavailable Boss
4:34 - The Angry Boss
5:19 - The Micromanager
5:50 - The Unqualified Boss
6:32 - The Nepotism Boss
7:06 - The Timid Boss
7:44 - The Friend
8:48 - If you need Help
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[anonymoushuman]

The manager that doesn’t say hi, doesn’t even train you, doesn’t tell you what your responsibilities are, and only approaches you when you did something wrong

[vincentparis]

Number 11: Passive Aggressive Boss
Gives cold shoulder, undermines your work secretly, and never tells you what they expect of you.

[surferdude]

Then there's the sea-gull manager. They fly in occasionally, crap all oaver everything you're trying to do then leave again.

[peterlightning]

The boss that pretends they work hard to their superiors, but in reality they do little or nothing. It's the people below them that are working hard to make things happen.

[markemanuele]

When I was promoted to a manager, I made the mistake of being a boss and not a manager. One of my team anonymously left the book "The one minute manager" on my desk. I read it over a weekend and couldn't put the book down. Come Monday morning I called a meeting and implemented everything in the book. Simply 1. making sure that everyone knows what is expected of them. 2. Catching team members doing something right, then giving them a one minute praise. 3. When someone does something wrong, call th them in to the office right away (don't delay this) and PRIVATELY tell them what they did wrong, and why it upset you, but end it up with a one minute praise about something they did RIGHT. Something like "This upset me because you are so good at all the other things that you have done. I know that you can do this better." 4. Get the team what it needs to get the job done right, then get out of their way. Don't be a micromanager.

[Syhk]

My boss refused to respond to my emails, then criticizes me at meetings about unfinished work that depends on his responses. I left.

[ThatAKguy]

I'd definitely add the zero communication boss. They don't tell you any nuances or preferences of how they want things done then get pissed when its not done the way they wanted. Provide no training or explanation of new workflows yet get pissed when there are mistakes the first go at it. Provides zero feedback positive or negative then dumps it all on you on your year end performance evaluation when it could have easily been addressed months ago in a meeting, or even an email.

[imagineeringaspie]

One I would like to add is the 'Overloader boss'; where no matter how hard you work or how much you get done, you will be told that you need to be 'quicker' or that you don't work hard enough when in reality the boss is trying to lighten his workload.

I had a supervisor who was exactly like this, he was a complete nightmare to work with. He also had a high turnover rate and tried to justify it by mentioning how he 'trained' his workers up only for them to 'move on to do their own thing' (Gee, I wonder why).

[patmccoy]

I've had a boss who constantly undermined my work and openly insulted me to my face. When I took my retirement and walked out, he discovered that he couldn't replace me and he had NO clue what my job entailed. The Karma Goddess bit him in his butt HARD!!!!

[MrCAppiah]

I had a boss that made fun of lower-level employees.

I remember when I was 3 weeks into my internship (prior to being hired full-time), I described an issue I was having with an employee and she made fun of that employee by saying they're 40+, single with no kids, and with a plethora of issues. Completely unwarranted.

She also would make fun of how others dressed, saying that an executive assistant needed a makeover. She made that comment in a meeting with other execs. They all laughed, and the assistant (with a broken leg) had only shown up to drop off a package.

So glad I left that shithole.

[ImThatGuy]

My previous boss was an unqualified, angry, micromanaging, passive aggressive, workaholic… probably one of the most deadly multi-combinations I’ve ever had to deal with. I stayed as polite and as professional as I could during my time with the company. After gaining 9 months of experience and planning my escape, I was never so happy to leave a company in the dust.

[TheMightyJanice]

Need to add the 'upwardly mobile boss'. This is the boss who is hell bent on climbing the corporate ladder and quickly as possible. They will take credit for everything that goes right in a department, but when something goes wrong, they will single out a subordinate and through them under the bus. They are a nightmare to work for.

[marka]

Under-qualified boss: no idea that they have no idea. Perfect description. These bosses end up having no vision, no direction.

[obscvritas]

Tfw when you've worked for a boss who somehow managed to be (almost) all of the above, depending on the day and their mood

[richardsalley]

It's actually getting harder to find jobs with good bosses.
Most bosses don't really care much about thier employees anyways, unless it starts to affect the company's bottom line.
By then, too many good people may have lost their jobs.

[fokiat]

that boss that expects you to do everything for peanuts lol

[KO-imsm]

I had a micromanager who was inexperienced.
He was the biggest manipulator and undermined people and would act like nothing happened to HR.
He was such a phoney
And extremely defensive. He would ride the coatails of good sales reps, was way overpaid and ran too many meetings to justify his friends jobs that took people away from their jobs

[leavonfletcher]

Dude, this channel is literally a godsend. I am under a narcissistic boss and it is a nightmare. I gotta take your dream job package man.

[smackyfrog]

The Narcissist, the Micromanager, and the Unqualified all go hand in hand. I've worked for someone who was all three. A charming Narcissist will woo their way up the ladder, not know how to do their job, and redirect all negative attention to you by micromanaging you and dragging you and your rep through the dirt.

[autostuff]

I'll give you another: The Reverse Workaholic Boss

Shows up after everybody else, leaves early, and complains that his subordinates are only working 60 hours a week. He'll also show up some weekends but only just long enough to walk through to make a tally of who is slaving away so he knows who to harass on Monday that he didn't see them working on the weekend.