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I had a boss (years ago) who would scream (!) at me if I came even 10 minutes after 9am. I would also occasionally notice him standing behind me looking at my

• dantheman 17y ago
  I'm surprised you lasted that long -- there is no reason for anyone to scream at anyone unless they do something incredibly dangerous or careless; you only do this so they understand the severity of their action. For example smoking next to flammable materials, improperly handling chemicals, etc...
  • ido 17y ago
    He had a lot of idiosyncrasies like that. Another example: one day he told me I shouldn't leave windows (on the computer, not physical windows) open when I go home at the evenings because it looks like I left work in the middle of doing something. After that I made sure I minimized all the windows before leaving.
• arethuza 17y ago
  A few months into my first job (20+ years ago) had me going out to a customer site to fix a problem at about 11pm, getting home again at about 3am. Next morning I got a bollocking from the same guy who had asked me to go onsite about coming in 5 minutes late! I managed about 7 months in that job before getting a research job. However, I did learn a lot about the politics of workplaces in that time.