Gotta Bad Boss? Working America Wants to Know

by Mike Hall, Jun 14, 2006

If you have a bad boss, you may be a winner.

Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, today launched its “My Bad Boss Contest,” looking for the worst of the worst in bad bossdom. And if that’s your boss, you can win a weeklong vacation in a resort condominium courtesy of Union Privilege and $1,000 for airfare.

Working America’s My Bad Boss Contest is an opportunity for workers to speak out about the difficulties they face every day on the job.

All you need to do is submit your tale about a current or former evil boss. Each week through Aug. 10, visitors to Working America’s My Bad Boss website will vote for the worst of the week. Prizes will be awarded each week and the grand prize vacation will go to the worst of the worst chosen from the five finalists’ stories.

As an added bonus, several celebrities—including author, comedian and Air America Radio host Al Franken, author Barbara Ehrenreich and populist commentator Jim Hightower—will share horror stories about some of their bad bosses.    

Maybe your boss is a screamer, a tyrant, a bully.

Or someone who demanded 16 hours and then refused to pay because you worked “off the clock.”

Or responded with a pink slip when you called in sick. 

A boss about whom, after you’d had a drink or two after work, you conjured up fantasies that made those in the film “9 to 5” look tame.

Now you can get a little revenge, plus that week’s vacation.

Go ahead, share your story.

Click here to see the guidelines for Working America’s My Bad Boss Contest.

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