Oh, Those Bad Bosses

By Barbara Ehrenreich, The Progressive. Posted August 5, 2006.

Giving one person power over others is like a giving a three-year-old a hose: not everyone will get soaked, but the chances of coming out dry are slender.

The AFL-CIO's Working America project has launched a "bad boss" contest. Unfortunately, the prize is only a free vacation, rather than the opportunity to see your nominee drawn and quartered after a lengthy and humiliating public trial.

I've heard so many bad boss stories that I'd hate to be one of the judges. The boss who makes you work overtime without pay (which would include Wal-Mart, unless it has cleaned up this practice)