The boss at my 1st j*b out of HS was a real a**hole.....EVERYBODY thought he was an a**hole...not just me! Stayed there for 3 weeks and took another j*b offer.
2nd boss was really good, as was the assistant boss. They told you what they wanted done, and then left you alone to do it! If you had a question or needed assistance they were available.
I then got transferred (at their choosing) to another dept. and the boss was really good also. I was given an assigned job, was instructed what to do and how to do it on the 1st day, and that was it....didn't require any supervision for the 18 months in that dept.
Transferred (at my choosing) to another dept. for better pay and benefits. My 1st boss there was the re-incarnation of Hitler......a very demanding, half-whit, with very little, or no, common sense. W*rked for that jerk for 14 years until we convinced his boss, that the guy was a harassment lawsuit just waiting to happen. He became convinced when I and my co-w*rkers told him we were meeting with an attorney after w*rk that day. 3 days later the boss was put out to pasture.
The next boss (who we got to help choose!) was absolutely the best boss ever!!! He came up through the ranks, so he knew all the BS we had dealt with in the past. We had ONE employee meeting during his 7 or 8 year tenure. At that meeting he told us 2 things....."You guys know your job...just do it!" and "Don't
ever do something stupid that's gonna get my a** chewed out!" We always did our job, and we NEVER got him trouble! He's still a close friend!
When he retired, they moved another co-w*rker up the ladder. However he was a power hungry IDIOT!!! And no one could EVER do ANYTHING right....in his eyes...even when we did thing HIS way! MORON!!! Only had him 2 years...his bosses saw that he was the problem and they transferred him out.
The next boss....and THANKFULLY my last.....was/is a twit!!! He has no idea how to manage people...so he doesn't....as plant foreman, I had to do all the managing for him! He's clueless in the operation of the plant.....I ran it for the last 6 years with the assistance of my co-w*rkers!!! He doesn't play well with others, and NONE of the other dept. heads, or their bosses can stand him....at all!!! The only one that thinks that he is "all that" is his immediate boss, who won't fire him because then he'd have to eat crow! It was a political appointment!
Now, being FIRE'd, I'm my own boss....and I'm the GREATEST!!! Best I've ever had!!! I think I'll stick with this gig!!!