I try and think about who was the worst boss I ever had, and it has to be a tie between two people who gladly, I never have to answer to, or see, ever again.
One boss, who contracted us to sites, had an agreement that he was paid $49.50/hr for our time there as well as 56.5¢/mile for travel. I found this out my last week there accidentally being copied on an email with the hours he was billing the company I was at. I was paid $16/hr for my work there and only getting 55¢/mile. I could understand the hourly pay, even though I thought it unfair, but to keep the 1.5¢/mile that I was physically driving, that was infuriating. This was after all the conversations with him about how he rewards loyalty and hard work from his employees.
The second boss, she was a whole different beast. She was two management levels above me, so there was a direct report I had who reported to her. On day, she showed up at my office and when I saw her, greeted her with a casual, “What’s up!” She took immediate offense to it. She went so far as to call my immediate supervisor about my rude behavior, and ask my co-workers if I spoke to the customers that way. She tanked my review because of it, and it caused major problems within my work place. To top it off, everyone else where I worked gave glowing reviews and had nothing but the best things to say about me, so it only made her angrier to hear that because clearly I was only rude to her.