Crazy Bosses

Working for You Isn't Working for Me

Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster

A difficult relationship with a boss can take a negative toll on your health, your home life, and your daily experience at work. Here's how to detect when things are going South, and how to take control.

The Worst Bosses Of All Time (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.16.2009 | Business


Most of us have experienced the dumb boss, the arrogant boss, the mean boss. But, as the accompanying collection of famous business tyrants illustrate...

Even Santa Is Getting The Ax

Dan Dorfman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

Money manager Arnold Silver has been told by some retailers in California and elsewhere that they won't hire any Santas this year -- or else hire far fewer of them -- in an effort to cut costs.

7 Facebook Status Updates Not to Make at Work

Nicole Williams | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living


Nicole Williams

It's great if you have a fabulous job where you get to travel, get chauffeured around in fancy cars, and take meetings with bigwigs. But it's a lot cooler if you don't broadcast it.

Psychotic Reaction

Michael Sigman | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living


Michael Sigman

"Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and...

Isn't Every Day Boss Day?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

I don't claim to be the best boss in the world, but I try to be as aware of my effect on my employees as I can. Good bosses encourage; bad ones demoralize.

In Defense of Whining

Karen Nussbaum | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics


Karen Nussbaum

As the executive director of Working America, the two-million-member community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, I like to encourage people to complain, and even to whine, about the problems they face on the job.

Tell Me More About Your Crazy Bosses

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.10.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Today I would like to finish what began about a year ago and has continued with some energy ever since: the work we have done together on two important topics -- the Crazy Bosses we serve and the Bulls**t Jobs we occupy.

Rudeness Is As Rudeness Does

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

People who feel particularly comfortable yelling at others, but whose feelings are incredibly sensitive to any kind of slight is an executive trait.