I was a panelist asked to choose the worst bosses from a list complied by eBossWatch. This site (www.ebosswatch.com) was launched by Asher Adelman in 2007 to help people avoid toxic workplaces. eBossWatch enables people to anonymously rate their current or former bosses using a respectable and focused evaluation form so that job-seekers can better evaluate prospective employers.

Adelman started the site because in his experience it is very difficult during the job interview process to discover the true environment at a potential employer and the true nature of a potential manager. eBossWatch is intended to provide information and to be a critical resource for people who are considering a career change.

Asher also established GreatPlaceJobs in 2008 to help job seekers find jobs at award-winning great workplaces. He heard about my work building respectful workplaces and thought I would be interested in hearing about what he was doing, which I definitely was.

I was pleased that Asher asked me to be on the panel, however, it made for very depressing reading. We were asked to rate each of the bosses on a scale of 1 – 10, 10 being the worst, and as I told Asher, I could have given every one of them a 10!.

Here is the link to the press release about the survey, the first of its kind, as well as a link to the complete list of the worst bosses of 2009.

Press Release: http://ebosswatch.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/the-ebosswatch-worst-bosses-of-2009/
Complete List of The Worst Bosses of 2009: http://ebosswatch.com/the-worst-bosses-of-2009.php