Topical
Having a boss as an idiot is more common than we identify.the boss is the representative of the company,he is the one who plays politics to forward his career,he is the one who plays doom with the department or company.If he is an idiot he gets rid of talent who threatens him,he is the one who recruits staff who don't threaten him,he is the one who gets told to cut the department because the department is not producing anything due to poor management,He is the one who gets a larger severence package when the the company closes,and he is the one who gets promoted to the level of his incompetance.
How to spot one of these bosses
Things don't change
All staff are stressed
All staff are looking for a new job opportunity
All staff have high sick absense
All staff meet by the water cooler
All skilled staff try to get on projects outside his control
He tries to claim success on YOUR project which he has never touched to avoid redundancy.
