Spacehamster’s Blog

I think it’s fair to say this is the kind of Boss I don’t want to work for:

having been an employer of 89 people for many years there are 2 pionts to this arguement from an employers perspective the first yes you do get to screw the workers you dont like where you could not before and alot of it does come down to personality conflicts. i personally never cared whether i had a good worker or not if his personality was not right for the work place i would get rid of him and wear the costs. Now there is no costs. is that fair not really but its life.secondly if a boss knows the financial and family situation of the employees you know whether or not you can beat them to the ground in a contract or whether you have to be fair. i always took a personal interest in my employee’s for these reason’s but i also rewarded those i felt deserved it. personally i would never employ a worker that i knew voted liberal because to me that person had aspirations of being wealthy and therefore out of my control and that is not good for a boss but i would also never employ someone who was not in debt to the eyeballs either as those without debt take more sick days as they can afford it. the bottom line is if you dont want to be screwed to the wall dont let yourself get into the situation where you can be

What a jerk. And this is typical of managers in Australia. No wonder our country is so screwed. Reading this kind of diatribe makes me feel genuinely sorry for the next generation of young workers desperately trying to find employment in the workforce. So you’re going to get hired in Australia only if you’re a pretty face? No wonder why our best young workers are finding work in Europe and the US - it’s because our managers can’t tell the difference between good workers and bad ones!

I feel genuinely blessed that (with two notable exceptions) I’ve had some good managers over the years that I’ve been in the IT Industry. And thank god I never had to work under a boss with that kind of attitude. An idiot like that wouldn’t last 10 seconds in IBM’s work environment. It’s quality that counts - treating people with contempt doesn’t get the work done and it doesn’t win any business allies either.

P.S. To the idiot that wrote that sickening diatribe. Get a better attitude and respect for your fellow human beings, and please learn how to spell. I’m amazed that someone with such poor English grammar is remotely capable of even running a business.