After watching “Kell on Earth” last night, I found myself laughing, cringing and being thankful that I’ve never had a boss like Kelly Cutrone.
In fact, I’ve been pretty lucky in the boss field.
Sure, I haven’t gotten along with all of them, but I can only remember one boss I really, really hated.
I mean, hated to the point of cringing when she would speak to me and watching her smile as she tortured me in the office. Belittling my work, nitpicking to the point of making me cry almost every day because I didn’t end an email the way she liked or I didn’t magically know what she wanted at any given second. When I heard she was leaving, the smile would not leave my face.
I even had another boss who told me that I wouldn’t amount to much so I should look at another field where my expectations of success would be lower.
I’m not saying I’m a massive success now, but part of me dreams of finding that one again, showing her my business card and telling her to suck it.
I would never do it, but it’s a great daydream.
And now that I manage staff, I look back at my past bad boss experiences and learn from them. I try to be a better listener, communicator and manager than some bosses were to me. But let me tell you, this sh*t is HARD.
Yes, I’ll make mistakes and some decisions may not be the most popular, but I know that the more I try to do better than those before me, that years down the road, my girls (yes, that’s what I call them) will look back at me and say, “she wasn’t half bad.”
Fingers crossed.
Do you have any boss horror stories? Or what have you learned from bad bosses or co-workers from your past (or present?)
Tardy: I loved reading everyone’s responses yesterday to the “tardy for the party” post. I’m so glad to hear I’m not the only one who arrives at places early or has friends who constantly run late. So glad to hear!
Movie review: Just a friendly reminder that the Dear John review is still up and with a three day weekend coming up, I’m off to the theater yet again!
