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Horrible Bosses Survey: Nazis, Human Dartboards & Unemployed Santas

Horrible Bosses are not #1. But they'll time your #2

“My boss would time how long people were in the bathroom and if he thought you had been in there too long, he would pound on the door and tell you to get out of there and get back to work. Also, you were not allowed to use the restroom for the first hour you were at work or the first hour after you came back from lunch because you should have used the bathroom on your own time. This charmer of a boss would also photograph the top of the desk with his Polaroid and then come in and check what he been moved so he knew you were working. He would also rifle through your drawers and he allowed NO personalization of your cube/office because, ‘This is work. It shouldn’t feel like home and no one wants to see your family anyway!’ Needless to say, I left skid marks getting out of there!”

 

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