Study Says 2 In 5 Bosses Lie 446
Freshly Exhumed writes to tell us about a Florida State University study of 700 employees indicating that nearly two of five bosses don't keep their word. The study will be published later this year. From the article: "The abusive boss has been well documented in movies ('Nine to Five'), television (Fox's 'My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss') and even the Internet. 'They say that employees don't leave their job or company, they leave their boss. We wanted to see if this is, in fact, true,' said Wayne Hochwarter, an associate professor of management in FSU's College of Business."
Great news! (Score:3, Funny)
Oh really? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Perhaps a more universal truth ... (Score:5, Funny)
Truer words were never spoken...
The other 3... (Score:5, Funny)
And now I add some more text, ruining the joke, because the lameness filter has no sense of humour.
Re:correction (Score:2, Funny)
Well, all I can say is... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Control subjects? (Score:5, Funny)
When they lie more often, they are promoted.
Well documented (Score:5, Funny)
Well documented in the
How about also well documented in Mad Magazine...
Picture in article (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Decontructing the Headline (Score:5, Funny)
Nice way to lose some useful data in the translation. Do you work in Marketing?
Re:Not very scientific (Score:5, Funny)
Ditzy secretary: "I've never had a boss last that long."
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Re:Great news! (Score:5, Funny)
That means 3 our of 5 bosses lie about lying.
Re:This just in... (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe yours is. I work for Donald Trump.
Re:grievance committees (Score:3, Funny)
"I can't believe this shit..." Made you feel like you were a three-year-old.
Sheesh, I don't need a boss like that. My wife does that enough already.
Re:grievance committees (Score:2, Funny)
I did too. My "supervisor" screamed at me I laughed in her face. She broke down in tears, went back to her desk and called her shrink to cry and then her supervisor.
Her supervisor called me for my side of the story of which I replied, "She went off the deep end screaming at me and I laughed in her face. End of story."
She never screamed at me again but she still works there. It never ceases to amaze me.
Re:Culture of abuse = $$$ (Score:5, Funny)
Only when Microsoft started hiring more women and minorities did things change to a large degree. Of course, Microsoft's productivity also took a hit right around that time too.
So, what am I saying? Decide that for yourself.
You're a misogynistic racist who has no idea how to motivate workers? Hey, if you're also a habitual drunk, you win a prize!
Re:correction (Score:3, Funny)
You're going to take somebody's overly general and comically exaggerated statement that had nothing to do with you in particular as a personal insult, but not what I said?
Man, I don't even know what to say. Thanks, I guess :P You guys' dedication to avoiding any sort of introspection is just amazing.
3 out of 5 employees are brillant! (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:grievance committees (Score:2, Funny)
Re:grievance committees (Score:4, Funny)
Did your manager also have a feathered hat, wear a long, purple fur coat, and carry a cane?