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National Boss Day will make you think about the amazing bosses you had in the past and the not so great ones.
Finding a great boss is hard work, especially when people rarely come off as perfect in the midst of work.
But some bosses just shouldn’t be managing anyone. Sure you can take on some of the big decisions, but when it comes to interacting with humans, maybe you should leave that to the human resources department.
Hit the next pages to find out which pop culture figures would suck as bosses and let us know if you’re quitting on the first day, or if you’d ride it out for the check.
Lucious and Cookie Lyon from Empire
With the murder and mayhem that happens all up and down Empire Records, clearly, Lucious and Cookie are a duo that doesn’t know how to separate business from personal. By the time you tilt up from your computer screen, you’ll find yourself in the middle of a lawsuit loaded with scandal.
Kanye West
Imagine creating an amazing project that’s well thought out and backed by facts. Then, Kanye whittles it down to seven powerpoints instead of ten, and any objection will result in a twenty-minute rant about his creative brilliance and why Trump is a great guy. This all will take place on top of an office table by the way.
Time to draft your letter of resignation.
Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmations
By today’s standards, when people think of pure evil in the fashion industry, they think of Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada.
But let’s not forget that Cruella de Vil was the O.G. when it came to crazed fashionistas. This woman literally wanted to cut up puppies for a new coat.
Add in the constant yelling and using her employees’ shoes as her own personal ashtray, and you’ve got one of the worst bosses of all time.
Morpheus from The Matrix
It’s nice to have a boss that believes in you. I mean, Morpheus was ride-or-die in his belief that Neo was “the one.”
But there’s a difference between motivation and your boss asking you to do the impossible.
You want me to jump from what building and dodge what bullets?
Sorry, that’s above my pay grade.
Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid
Mr. Miyagi was a con man on the low, trying to pass manual labor as karate instruction. I don’t need a boss teaching me the ways of self-defense, while simultaneously having me refurbish his office.
Nicki Minaj
If I was a sound engineer at Queen Radio, I would be stressed.
Not only would I constantly be adjusting volume levels to manage Nicki’s screaming, but any artist that she sees as a threat will have to be hidden away in my iPhone.
Better save that Cardi B banger for after work.
Pops from The Wayans Bros.
As the no-nonsense father of Shawn and Marlon Wayans on the 90s sitcom The Wayans Bros., Pops (played by John Witherspoon) was a pull out the belt, ask questions later kind of guy.
And some of us don’t want to relive the trauma of childhood whippings…nor the unwarrented sex stories Pops told about his past.
Ms. Lauryn Hill
On one hand, the idea of working for a music legend like Ms. Lauryn Hill sounds great, despite the less than satisfactory review from Robert Glasper. But if my boss is just showing up to work right when I’m about to leave, it’s probably not worth putting in the effort.
