My boss sucks at his job. He is lazy, inefficient, and terrible at ordering product. My hours are getting cut while he is guaranteed his schedule. On the other hand, he has a family and is a pretty nice guy. Should I try and snipe his job or live and let live?

Bad and cut are the missing words.

A couple of things I should clarify, now that I can type on a real keyboard instead of a phone:

1. Our company has both an anonymous tip line and an e-mail service. If I wanted to get him fired, I would complain about him anonymously via e-mail. I would also not send it myself, in case they decided to track the IP; I'd have one of my out of state friends send it.

2. My boss's boss hates him. He has been with the company forever, so he makes a lot of money and really hurts her payroll. She has tried to get him transferred to another location, but other locations can't afford him anymore than we can. As poorly as our store is doing right now, no other store that doesn't already have that position filled is doing any better.

3. If I get him fired, he will not be replaced. My boss's boss only cares about payroll and business is at a point where his position isn't really needed anymore. If he gets fired, I probably won't get his job. If I do, it's only because they can pay me significantly less to do his job since I haven't been with the company for 30 years. More likely, I will simply get his schedule and maybe an extra dollar or two an hour, but not his actual title.

4. In addition to being slower, older, dumber, and more expensive than me, I know of at least one thing he's doing that is against company policy and probably violates health standards as well. I don't know if it's serious enough to get him fired, but it's serious enough to get him in trouble.

jackfrost wrote:

What level of dislike are we talking. You say he is unworthy of his job, but has he ever been cruel to you? If he has based his career on cruelty and stepping on those below him to get promoted than I say do what it takes to get him fired. Is he incompetent to the point that he may destroy the company you work for? Again, I say do it for the greater good. Is he just incompetent and fell into a job he can't handle? If so then I say let it be. There are a lot of people in this world in that situation. Perhaps he will grow into the position. If he is honestly that bad than let upper management handle it. There is no need for you to expedite the destruction of his career.

I don't know if cruel is the right word. But he is a compulsive liar. He does whatever the fuck he wants and then lies about why he did it. For example, when he orders poorly, he lies to his boss and says it wasn't his fault and there was a warehouse shortage, because he knows she won't check it. Also, he has had this job for like 20 years. He should know what he's doing by now. He probably does, he just simply doesn't seem to care. He goofs off. It takes him an hour to do paperwork that everyone else does in no more than 15 minutes. And while he's up in the office doing that, other people have to cover his actual work.

You are probably right. I got frustrated and anxious yesterday because you weren't around so I couldn't talk to you about my positive idea.