Every job i've ever had, Management, usually middle, holds us rigorously to the letter of the law/rules/COBC/policies, while themselves disregarding it. For example attendance -- abusing the fact that they are Salary by taking three hour lunches every day (i'm not joking here) or showing up two hours late to work every day (also not joking) and then throwing a judgemental, angry tantrum at an employee that is late because of a weather situation or family emergency, or something similarly out of the norm and/or out of their control. If you are so important that you can show up hours late to work, take extra-long lunches and breaks, and still get paid for all of that, why can't you also realize that Leading By Example is fact? It's not that complicated.
Bosses taking weeks of vacation off every year, to the extent that it's very likely more actual PTO hours than they've accrued, but then not letting someone go home or stay home from things like death of a family member, or illness or car crash injury. Again, not exaggerating here.
Telling employees to make sure they are using correct spelling, grammar, and professionalism, while themselves frequently sending emails devoid of all three.
Am I missing something? I am past getting angry about this stuff; now I just resignedly accept it as The Way Things Are, but it really has me thinking sometimes still. Are all bosses just douchebag, pompous idiots? Do they even realize how hard the entry level people work? Do they realize how two-faced, hypocritical and childish they come off as?
Edited by Sduibek - 7/19/10 at 10:42pm
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