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Could you share a few specifics on what actions made your experience with this client terrible? “Terrible” and “asshole” are very subjective terms and mean diff

• sverige 7y ago
  Late reply, but here are the bullet points: * Offered expensive incentives to my employees during one particular crunch time -- incentives that were to come out of our pocket, not his -- then lied about it * Used insulting, demeaning language when addressing me, my direct reports, and some of the first-level employees * Made racist comments within earshot of the targets * Shifted goal posts constantly so that last week's goal suddenly became only halfway there * Tried to get competitive information during contract negotiation time by buying my directs drinks at "social hours" and/or offering seeming insider information to get them to reveal the reasoning behind our negotiating positions I could go on, but that gives the flavor. My boss got him out by pushing very hard with her superiors and his superiors on a (partially trumped up) sexual harassment charge. Normally that would really upset me, but in this particular case it seemed like old-fashioned rough justice.