I was laid off from a job I'd had for more than 10 years, and finally found a new job, which I love. Except for my boss. She is FAMOUS for targeting people one at a time and verbally attacking them behind closed doors when no one else is around to hear, and ultimately driving them to quit, or harassing them until they start to make mistakes, whereby she fires them, and moves on to a new target.
She's successfully eliminated 5 people over the past 6 years. It seems to be a hobby for her. I'm not a target yet, but I know I will be one day (because everyone gets a turn!), invariably for some petty little insignificant thing, since that's what she focuses on.
She can't get her own job done in a normal workday because she spends all her time scribbling notes about petty little infractions (completely imagined) that we worker bees have committed, and searching for things she can write people up for. She also snoops around my desk and writes comments on notes I've written to myself to remember to call people back, etc. I have no doubt she's read my emails, looking for some dirt. I NEVER send personal emails from work, for that very reason.
We are helpless to do anything about her bullying, because her nearest superior is a thousand miles away, and ignores cries for help. In fact, calling the head office to complain about her actually makes things worse, like it did for the person I replaced. It got her fired.
She does not allow any of us to go to lunch together (fearing we might talk about her, maybe?). God help us if we use our work cells for even one personal call (even though she does all the time, as she has no personal phone). DON'T EVEN THINK about glancing at the newspaper that is delivered every day, because that's "stealing company time". If you are a minute late coming back from lunch, she'll note it, and bring it up in a few months when she is berating you after hours. If you think you can eat at your desk while working in order to leave early, you can forget it.
If I didn't need a job, I would quit so fast. It's such an oppressive, depressing place. At least when she's there. When she's out of town, it's a total party. She would FREAK OUT if she knew what went on there, how we all try to find ways to get her fired, or think she's losing her mind...
