Ok. Time for a rant.

The general manager of my company (which from this point on I'll refer to as SpudCorp - it's an amusing name, and there is no way I'm mentioning the real name on here) is a worthless hypocriful bureaucratic and diminutive scumbag.

He took over SpudCorp HQ last year after the old manager retired. So far he's been about as popular as a virulent case of the clap.

Since he's arrived, he's brought in about a dozen new managers (bearing in mind this now means we technically have more management than permanent staff). I'm not sure how his recruitment process works... but I'm sure that 'social ineptitude' and 'no concept of how Spuds are sold' are some kind or prerequisites.

He's also made lots of sweeping judgements about the company and how things work. Made loads of promises to the customers... (without consulting the staff who know what the hell is going on)... and of course, it's all our fault when these wonderful plans don't come to fruition.

"Yes, we shall have an external company completely rewrite the online Spud selling system!"

I honestly believe that he thought it would only cost a few thousand pounds. Most of us here baulked at the idea... and so did he when he found out the six figure sum the external developers were asking.

Any benefits that the staff used to get are now gone. No Christmas bonus (it was only about £10-£50 a head). Dress down days only happen once a month now in a hope that people will forget about them.

It's blatantly obvious that he wants to get rid of all the 'old school' staff members. Either making their jobs so awkward and unpleasant that they just leave, or simply making them redundant, or are quietly shuffled out the door (after signing a contract stating that they won't talk to anyone about anything) New staff are hired in using the same retarded recruitment protocol as they used on the plethora of management.

He then pisses loads of money away on completely useless crap. A whole room of 'overflow' computers to handle the massive amount of orders we'll get (the room has been empty since it was set up)

Redecorate the building? Actually not a bad idea. However, getting his mates in to do the work in an effort to save money (not without it's backhanders I'm sure) was really stupid. The quality of the work is abysmal (they blew out the fuses at one point by slicing wires). Door frames and windows that look like they were designed by MC Escher.

How about a nice training course over in the Far East? He's just got back from a week of learning Chinese 'leadership' skills. Because, the Chinese work ethic is soooo likely to apply over here. But it's OK... it's all paid for by SpudCorp.

If any of the normal staff go on any kind of training, they're forced to sign a form saying that they'll pay back the cost of the course if they leave the company within a certain time.

New car? Yep. He just got a new sports car. - This is despite having a go at one of the directors for turning up in a new car just after a round of layoffs.

The man makes me feel physically sick to be around.

The worst part of the whole thing is that I have to be pleasant to the worthless maggot.

I look forward to the day where either I leave or he leaves... because it means I can finally tell him exactly what I think of him without losing my job.