Kind of looking for some outside view and if I’m being irrational. Not my direct boss but my department boss loves me. I’m his new favorite person. I saved the company a couple million dollars so I’m his golden boy. I hate him. He bullies all of my coworkers, constantly talks trash about everyone, takes people into his office and yells at them. He threatens firing people on a constant.
His new thing is he has this big plans for the department blah blah blah but people who laugh in the office don’t fit in his department. This all came from Wednesday when a coworker brought it tiny tacos for the office. Everyone came and grabbed some and had some good laughs and enjoyed each other. He came in shortly after and said “are we here to party or to work??” It was 5 minutes, of “wasted time” in a group that gets everything done ahead of schedule. Then throughout the day pulled different people in to his office to yell at them and tell them if he hears any laughing they are fired. Each about an hour long. A very nice older lady spent most of the day crying quietly throughout the day.
This is one of many of these episodes. It’s created a workspace that is toxic and everyone is scared. It used to be a place we looked forward to coming to and talking and had fun at work. I’m going to put in a hefty complaint. A lot of what he’s done is against the handbook. Just scared I will get fired and he won’t have any repercussions due to the politics at this job. Thoughts?