Looking for the Best of the Worst Bosses

And you thought your boss was bad? How about the guy who tosses everyone’s paycheck in the trash? Or the fellow who threatened to commit suicide and leave a note blaming his underlings for driving him to it?

For the third straight year, Jim Miller, an expert on managerial techniques, is mounting a national search for the “Worst Boss of 1995.” Some of the early nominees are pretty crummy indeed.

“A compulsive liar,” complained one woman who nominated her boss. An accountant wrote of his boss, “All he knows is ridicule, blame, false accusations, humiliation, slander and verbal abuse.” Others have been called foul-mouthed, cheap, heartless and downright nasty.

The contest opened in April and runs through June 30. The person whose boss wins gets a weeklong Hawaiian vacation and $1,000. All entries will be kept confidential.

Entry forms are available by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Corporate Coach Contest, P.O. Box 200907, Arlington, TX 76006.