People You Work For (past or present)

I had one platoon sergeant that kicked unholy ass and I like a few other NCO's, but the rest of the bunch suck.

I have had a couple of bosses who I have really respected. The things that I look up to them for are their hard working nature, and the respect that they have for you. I admire people who have inspired me to work hard for them because I felt their respect, and not just to do enough to get a paycheck.

In my various work life incarnations, like most people, I have been forced to suffer a variety of personality types many of them severely warped. How most of these people managed to stumble or claw their way into management positions has nearly always been a mystery to me. But if nothing else it taught me this; even miniscule amounts of power can corrupt in one way or another and one of the results is the emergence of whatever personality disorder this individual may be harboring. Types I have experienced include those who were into sexual harassment, stupid mind games, cheating, lying, micro-management, playing people against each other, favoritism, nepotism, sadism and just plain mean spirited SOBs. But once upon a time, I actually had a supervisor who was none of those things. He was kind, compassionate and cared about the people who worked for him. And, though he was one of the most intelligent people Ive ever met, he was comfortable enough with it to be humble about it. Whe... Read more

Throughout my working life, the person I admire most was a man who was the service manager for a Ford agency in Scarsdale, NY from 1975 until 1981. I was just a few years out of high school when I went to work in the parts department at this dealership. Every month he would hold a general shop meeting with the mechanics, parts dept, and other shop related personnel. It was at these meetings that I learned the proper way to solve problems and to this day I can still recall his words; It's not who is wrong, it's what is wrong, Get the customer satisfied and out the door and then solve internal problems in private and Nobody is 'only' anything in this place. As an example of the last statement, we had a janitor named Rocky who did not drive or have any knowledge of cars. One day a customer asked Rocky how to operate a feature on a new car. Rocky replied I don't know, I'm only the janitor. The service manager heard that and at the next meeting he made Rocky stand on a desk and he sai... Read more

I do not admire the people I work for.Most of them are ignornat and have no idea how to run a business.The postal service as a whole is pretty good, but the management is lousy.