Blog CatalogThe 'New Boss' Interview
"Say what now?"When I saw this Yahoo! article, I thought 'How the hell do you avoid your boss?' Now, I had one supervisor who was away most of the time but when I transferred to another site, I realized she'd sent me over 300 emails - in less than four months of working for her!
Over the years, I've developed a short list of things (i.e. working for women who are mid-level management is better than those in upper management) to avoid like the plague. Even in this economy, I've had to dig into my mad money account to avoid a potential disaster with bosses that had me seeing red upon first sight.
In over 20 years of working various jobs, I've had a few supervisors candid enough to admit during the final interview that they can be bitchy or really stress that end of the month audits do not bring out their best side. One even said "You shoulda asked somebody."
OK
Here's a list of questions that prospective employees should be able to ask during any interview (especially the second interview) without fear of not being hired or abruptly asked to leave. I know it's ridiculously idealistic and will probably never happen but the holidays are coming and some of us are going to enjoy some turkey (SPAM-style, that is) while we look for that job.
EMPLOYER QUESTIONNAIRE
- How do you really relate to people you don't like or find
physically unattractiverepulsive? - How many hours do you spend actually working when you take the day off to work at home?
- How did you really get your job?
- Are you in the habit of making racial (or gender) sensitive comments?
- Do you value your position because you worked hard for it or because you slept with the right people?
- Do you take drugs?
- Do you think your position gives you the right to bully others not brave enough to take legal action?
- Have you been involved in a work-related matter where an attorney or union was involved?
- What is your educational background?
- Did you at one time, have serious show business aspirations and almost made it but failed so badly that you had no choice but to resort to punching a clock for the rest of your life?
Posted by Work in Hell at 11/11/2009 1:48 PM 
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