Worst boss you've ever had and why...

I had a boss when I was in the military that would tell me I'm worthless and a waste of space. She used to talk about me to all my co workers and turn them against me. It was absolute emotional torture.

I worked at a Hampton Inn a few years ago, had one boss quit about 2 months before I left. The new boss that was hired was a 24 year old girl who couldn't even log onto the front desk. She had meetings with other employees about my personal life, but the worst was when she laughed in my face when I told her my mom had 2 weeks to live according to hospice. My mom died a couple days later.

Honestly I've never stayed at a job with a TRULY terrible boss. Life's too short and I guess I have fortunately never needed any job *that* badly. I've had some doozies but usually just for a few days or a couple of weeks 'til I said "see ya"...one guy at a higher end home goods company was pulling out his cracked teeth in the bathroom and asking if my then-husband and I would be interested in swinging with he & his wife...another was a big, tough-looking manager of a low income apartment housing project who cowered in his office all day with his McDonald's, cigarettes, and extreme halitosis while I (new assistant manager with just 2 days on the job) fended off SCARY thug-like dudes out front. Umm NO.

The worst boss I've had in a regular type of situation where I actually stayed on the job was this supervisor "Shawna". She was straight out of a Real Housewives TV show. Shawna drove a brand new BMW and carried designer bags every single day despite a salary of probably $50-60k (she had a rich hubby). She was supposed to work every day 8-5, even her higher-ups worked those hours, but somehow she manipulated upper management and worked special hours 4 days a week...coming in around 10-11, taking a long lunch, and leaving at 1:30 or 2 to pick up her son from school. When I was hard at work on special projects and needed a green light from her she was never available. She sometimes would literally run down the hall in front of my office with her hair in front of her face so I couldn't see her (so she thought). Shawna would never send a text that said anything but 'k'. I'm so happy I don't work for her anymore!

I had a boss that low balled my income when I was hired then after I got good at my job she increased the analyses that I was responsible for. When I went to ask for a raise, she said I did excellent work and all my results were great but she wouldn't give me a raise because she didn't like my attitude. It was an incredibly toxic work environment. And I'm talking more than just the stuff we tested.

I quit on a Monday. On Tuesday they were raided by the EPA. D@mmit. I so regret missing that day.

Being young I haven't had too many jobs to compare, but I worked at Old Navy last year and my manager was a creep. Just a huge creep. He'd follow me and my friend (she also worked there) around the store, circling exactly like a shark. If you did anything he thought was incorrect he'd pull you aside from whatever you were doing, even if you were ringing up a customer, and lecture you without breaking eye contact the entire time. It made me wicked uncomfortable.
I was never unprofessional or disruptive but I am very mischievous and would always find ways to have fun at work. He hated that. Probably why he called me out so much. Near the end of the summer, a month or so before I left for college, he scheduled me for THREE hours for one week. I just quit that day. Never been back to that place.