Power-hungry Woman Hungry for the Power She Doesn't Possess

Trust and respect is earned, right? I was bred to uphold the ideal that those in positions of authority over you, whether in an employment setting or in life, are to be held in the utmost respect. Through an unfortunate incident, I learned that titles are in name-only.

I am working temporarily for a Fortune 100 company in downtown Denver, one whose equipment you may very well use in your daily life, both at home and in the office. The office environment is frustratingly unprofessional. Schedules change upon whim, no physical cubicles with computers to work on, and lengthy delay in assigning system access, just to name a few. The first-tier manager has his own separate issues of unprofessionalism - sloppy business attire, favoritism to several workers who have no working sense of work ethic, negative verbal repertoires about the unprofessionalism both the company and the client, and constant complaints about how tired he is at work.

Concerned about a manager who feels the need to verbally call out or reprimand his employees in front of his or her co-workers while choosing to SIT on the desks of other coworkers who are allowed to take longer than allowed breaks and lunches, as well as the afore-mentioned acts of unprofessionalism, I was shocked to see that a well-respected company chooses to hire management individuals such as this. Watching the personal physical contact with said manager by these female employees, followed by "Sweetie/hon, can I get you something for lunch" or "I gave you ride home last night so you better be nice to me today" doesn't lend itself to a believable professional atmosphere.