What's the dumbest thing your boss has said?

What's the most jaw-droppingly stupid thing you've ever heard someone say? I'm talking about those statements that make you question everything you thought you knew about human intelligence.

Mine - in the last company, my manager didn’t approved my leave for 4 days and said - maine to khud ki shadi me 2 din ki chhutti liya tha bas (I only taken 2 days leave for my own marriage)

Interested to know how stupid can our dear managers get.

What’s the dumbest thing you’ve heard your boss say ? I’ll go first, “I don’t care if you’re hospitalised you should have informed this earlier “ Also same boss I won’t be coming to work today as my wife’s mother’s dog needs to be taken to the vet 🤡🤡🤡🤡

Some days ago my manager asked me not to get too involved in informal conversation with a female colleague. According to she, it can affect my appearance and hence my ratings :) The Nazi idiot missed part that Slavery is already abolished in our society and I am free to talk/flirt responsibly with whoever I like, as long as other person won’t mind in any space. Do you guys have this level experience with toxic/dumb managers ?

With appraisal conversations round the corner, wanted to know the most absurb feedback you’ve received from your manager?

What's the worst thing your boss said to you

My boss speaks weird, has double standards and has a lot of favouritism over his subordinates. First instance he says to do one thing Next instance he says do the opposite And when things don’t work according to him, all the blame or disappointment comes to me. I am seriously confused, Kya kare? 🥹

There are managers who are paid close to a Crore Rupees a year for doing this. Scene: Our team is working on it. We’ll get back to you. Reality: I have no idea about what the issue is. I’m completely dependent on my team. Scene: I have a hard stop now. Have to drop off. Reality: I don’t care about the ongoing meeting. My “passive” attendance in some other meeting is more important than the ongoing meeting. Scene: +team FYI Reality: Not my responsibility. Team must take a look. Scene: Do you have some bandwidth? Reality: If you say no, I will use this against you during appraisal. Scene: Feel free to give feedback about leadership. Your opinion is important for continuous improvement. Reality: Negative feedback should be worded with politically correct statements. Else be ready to face consequences. Scene: The leadership team expects so-and-so from you. Reality: I’m not capable of questioning the leadership team. I’m just passing the buck to you. Scene: Can you prepare a deck by this day? Reality: I want to show a rosy picture to my leaders. I will ‘use’ you to impress my leaders. Scene: Who wants to work on this item? Reality: I’ll judge employees who don’t volunteer. Scene: I want you to complete this (bullshit work) by this weekend at any cost. Reality: I want to save my ass in this job. Scene: Do you have any blockers? Reality: As if I’m capable of resolving them…lol Scene: Taking a day off. Reachable on mobile. Reality: Added the second statement to ‘show’ how important & flexible I am. I know you’ll not call me anyways. Scene: Manager presenting something. Do you have any questions? Reality: -silence- - - - Have you ever encountered Managers like these?

Recently graduated this year (23). Will be joining an MNC in a few days. Can someone share ANY tips/things to keep in mind for someone like me with zero corporate exposure (except some internships, but that probably doesn't count).