Awesome boss? Not so much..
Actually he was a complete twat. He was 'slightly' undersized and had a huge chip on his shoulder about it - he wore platform shoes at all times to make himself look a bit bigger, right down to specially modified platform steel-cap safety boots for mine-site work. The company was owned by two brothers; he was the junior partner. As part of the aforementioned chip on the shoulder he used to get drunk and challenge his workers to fights (this being normal behavior for drunk drillers, no-one thought anything was odd about it) which he'd always lose. He'd then fire the person, but his brother would promptly rehire and promote them. Beating the silly twit up was regarded as a necessary part of promotion within the company. He always left me alone due to the truck under the bridge incident, which pretty much killed my chances at a promotion. Probably a good thing because I might still be out there drilling holes instead of enjoying life as an academic..
(spasm Caitifty, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 22:21, Reply)