Tales of bosses behaving badly

From the Swindon Advertiser, first published Friday 28th Nov 2003.

COMPANY directors are more likely to misbehave on their last day than their staff, a survey has revealed.

Although 89 per cent of the 4,000 people surveyed said it was important to leave on good terms, recruitment specialists Reed, which has a branch in Regent Street found one in 10 directors could not resist throwing a tantrum.

Some of the responses included:

Kicking a door down and challenging four men to a fight at once

Deleting important work

Getting drunk and throwing-up on a colleague

Another said he phoned in sick because he "couldn't handle saying goodbye".

Technical specialists and graduate trainees were next worst behaved with eight per cent admitting to causing office havoc.

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