A-holes who report to you

[indesertum]

Originally Posted by Connemara

In my experience, they tend to wear slutty skirts, so it's not all bad. But they are often really annoying.

You've managed women before?

 

[rach2jlc]

I'd say the corporate world has nothing on higher ed for sheer asshattery. Remember all those douchebag professors you had in school and then remember that they have to report to SOMEBODY. I wouldn't want to be a dean for ANY amount of money for the stupid **** they deal with. There are so many stories, but I like this one. I think I've shared this before: A few years back a young guy, recent grad, applied to teach in our department for his first assistant professorship and while talking to the Dean during his initial interview, said, "Oh, by the way, I don't teach or work on Wedesndays. Those are my days for reflection and meditation." I believe the dean's response was, "Well, that's fine. You'll have Wednesdays and every other day to reflect, because you sure won't be working here."

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by montecristo#4

You've had it easy until you have managed multiple ambitious women, each vying for attention, approval, and recognition at the expense of each other.

gaaaaah.

In a former role, I dealt with second-income-types, passive-aggressive moms-and-grandmothers, all of them legacy hires: all thought they were as smart as Jack Welch. It was a short time until my stock reply became: I'm the manager, if you don't like it you can vote with your damn feet - there's the door.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

I'd say the corporate world has nothing on higher ed for sheer asshattery. Remember all those douchebag professors you had in school and then remember that they have to report to SOMEBODY. I wouldn't want to be a dean for ANY amount of money for the stupid **** they deal with. There are so many stories, but I like this one. I think I've shared this before:

A few years back a young guy, recent grad, applied to teach in our department for his first assistant professorship and while talking to the Dean during his initial interview, said, "Oh, by the way, I don't teach or work on Wedesndays. Those are my days for reflection and meditation."

I believe the dean's response was, "Well, that's fine. You'll have Wednesdays and every other day to reflect, because you sure won't be working here."

 

[SirSuturesALot]

Given the A-holes that populate the universe, what's the most pragmatic zone to be in?

 

[rach2jlc]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Oh, geez, I've got tons.

Psycholinguistics prof who probably has Asperger's or Autism and who responded "I'm right; everybody else is wrong" to a bad series of awful reviews/evaluations from her Department Head with statistical evidence and a literature review about why her teaching SHOULD work, even though all the evidence had nothing to do with the classes she was teaching (she was really an awful teacher.) She had this lovely ANOVA of why everybody else in the universe was wrong, but not one person who would actually back her up.

Writing Instructor who made up having a kid... then having that kid get killed in an accident with her ex-husband (who was also made up) in order to get out of having to teach the last half of the term and grade her exams, while still earning a paycheck.

The fun never stops in higher ed. Whether ivy league or community college, professors are a bunch of whiny, sniveling, entitled bitches.

 

[Hany]

Originally Posted by SirSuturesALot

Given the A-holes that populate the universe, what's the most pragmatic zone to be in?
I'd say going from Team Leader to Country Club as net worth increases is the zone I'd want to be in.

 

[montecristo#4]

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

Writing Instructor who made up having a kid... then having that kid get killed in an accident with her ex-husband (who was also made up) in order to get out of having to teach the last half of the term and grade her exams, while still earning a paycheck.

This is pretty impressive.

 

[rach2jlc]

Originally Posted by montecristo#4

This is pretty impressive.
What's more impressive would be if I told you that the spineless department head at the time actually LET HER KEEP TEACHING even after confronted about what happened. He didn't want to "make waves" or risk a law suit. He let this crazy ***** stay in the classroom with students for the rest of the next term after she "came back after putting their affairs in order." There were no affairs to put in order; the people never existed. She eventually quit and left after that term, because pretty much nobody wanted to speak to her... but still... they let her keep teaching and didn't remove her. I can only assume she's teaching somewhere else and pulling the same **** again. That's higher ed, folks! I'm surprised they didn't promote her to Vice-Dean, just to get her out of the office without "making waves." Note: for full disclosure, I will say that this isn't at the place I am now, but one before (one that I left rather quickly.)

 

[nootje]

Originally Posted by SirSuturesALot

Given the A-holes that populate the universe, what's the most pragmatic zone to be in?

A-hole management 101, when reason fails allways be the bigger A-hole.

 

[globetrotter]

wow

Originally Posted by rach2jlc

What's more impressive would be if I told you that the spineless department head at the time actually LET HER KEEP TEACHING even after confronted about what happened.

He didn't want to "make waves" or risk a law suit. He let this crazy ***** stay in the classroom with students for the rest of the next term after she "came back after putting their affairs in order." There were no affairs to put in order; the people never existed.

She eventually quit and left after that term, because pretty much nobody wanted to speak to her... but still... they let her keep teaching and didn't remove her. I can only assume she's teaching somewhere else and pulling the same **** again.

That's higher ed, folks! I'm surprised they didn't promote her to Vice-Dean, just to get her out of the office without "making waves."

Note: for full disclosure, I will say that this isn't at the place I am now, but one before (one that I left rather quickly.)

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

GT, I think not being the 'blood thirsty' is the right way to go. We have a manager where I'm working that really enjoys firing people. I really took a liking to the guy in the beginning with this job, but truely despise him for some of his firings.

He's the kind of guy who plays a practical joke on someone, then fires them for getting him back.

 

[Hombre Secreto]

How old is the guy GT?

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by Hombre Secreto

How old is the guy GT?

36-37.

he is reasonably good at heart, just an ahhshole. and I am trying make him a better person, so selfish reasons

 

[forsbergacct2000]

Originally Posted by Connemara

In my experience, they tend to wear slutty skirts, so it's not all bad. But they are often really annoying.

What experience???