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Stanley Bing is the bestselling author of Executricks, What Would Machiavelli Do?, Sun Tzu Was a Sissy, 100 Bullshit Jobs...And How to Get Them, Crazy Bosses, and The Big Bing. By day, he is a haute executive at a gigantic multinational corporation whose identity is probably known to you.- more about Stanley Bing »
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- Wallstrip: Gil Schwartz is Stanley Bing
- Julie Alexandria chats with Gil Schwartz, executive vice president of communications at CBS Television, about his alter ego, Stanley Bing, and how to retire while you're still working.
- Videos 2008-07-23
- Don't Tolerate Crazy Bosses.
- A few posts ago, I launched a worst sales manager contest. You readers came up with some definite doozies, but the best of the worst as it were was:Hes arrogant, hes sarcastic and hes the ultimate control freak. He fights (yes, physical slapping and kicking) with the other sales...
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- I Was Fired for Quibbling Over My Raise
- Dear Stanley, I've been working for a company for two years. They gave me a raise that I didn’t find reasonable, so I explained to them that I would like to get fully evaluated for what I do. Three weeks later they fired me due to the restructuring of...
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Should I Take a Sabbatical From Work?
- Dear Stanley, I have paid off my house, car, credit card, and loans. The only reason I work is to pay for my utilities and cover spending money to fish on my days off. Then I save whatever is left over....
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Can I Sue My Boss for Asking a Rude Question?
- Dear Stanley, I asked my gay male boss for a raise and instead he countered, "How much does your husband make?" When I replied "more than me," he said that we are well above the average household income and will be...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Sabotage the New Boss, or Just Let Him Flail?
- Dear Stanley, My boss moved up and has named as his "acting" replacement a dumb pretty boy who can't handle stress. In fact he's the dumbest project manager among all of us in the department. Do I restrain my natural impulse to...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Riding Herd on Rebellious Employees
- Dear Stanley, I manage a team of seven and each one is good in his or her own way. One of the members is very brainy but never respects my ideas and thoughts as a leader. He tends to follow his...
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- My Ex-Wife, My Business Partner
- Dear Stanley, I'm 65 and am 50 percent owner of a retail grocery store. The other owner is my ex-wife. Most of my net worth is tied up in the business. The other owner will not buy me out, won't sell...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Can My Boss 'Take Back' My Raise?
- Dear Stanley, I had my review a few weeks ago and got a $2-per-hour raise. Today my boss came to my job site and told me he had "heard through the grapevine" that I was talking/bragging about my raise (which I...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Can I Force My Boss to Stop Smoking at Work?
- Dear Stanley, I work in a small office with three other people. Despite the anti-smoking laws, the owner continues to smoke a pipe in the office. We got together and bought a huge air filter. It helps, but our eyes water...
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Is My Boss Stealing My Wages?
- Dear Stanley, My boss recently asked me to manage three new grants at our small nonprofit. That means I saw the budgets, which say I should be making $13 per hour. In fact I'm making a little over $10 an hour,...
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- What to Do When the Boss Is a Drunk
- Dear Stanley, My boss has a problem with beverage abuse. What can I do to make the boss's absences easier for my co-workers? Enabler Dear...
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Why Is My Boss Hiding in Her Office?
- Dear Stanley, My new boss has recently covered the large window on her office door so that no one can see what's going on behind her door when they walk by. Several people have asked me why she did this and have...
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- Should I Stand Up to an Abusive Boss?
- Dear Stanley, My boss is always complaining about me. He uses me as his scapegoat. I hear him blaming his mistakes on his admin -- that's me. I am up for my review soon and want to tell him I don't...
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Help! My Boss Won't Shut Up
- Dear Stanley, My boss loves to talk. If I have a question for her, I dread going into her office because a question with a yes/no answer can drag into two hours of her telling stories about her kids, making my...
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- How to Get a Better Job
- Dear Stanley, I am a hungry college dropout humping a call-center job. What can a man without a degree do to get a better job? Ron ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- What lf My Boss Tries to Block My Promotion?
- Dear Stanley, I've been an assistant for a long time, working for a very nice woman who has become quite dependent on me. An associate position, which is the first step on the rung to management, has just opened up in my department. I would like...
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- They Can't Make Me Work Weekends...Can They?
- Dear Stanley, I am working at the trading desk of a big financial institution. Recently, they laid off a bunch of people. Then all of a sudden activity kicked up again when everybody in the world decided to refinance. As a result, I've been working...
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Insane Hours? How to Ask for a Schedule Change
- Dear Stanley, I started a writing job at a recently launched news website about 3 months ago. I work with a decent group of people, my job is interesting but not too difficult, and the pay is above standard. I should be singing, right? There's just one...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Why Do Smokers Get All the Breaks?
- Dear Stanley, My company allows people who smoke to get an extra time break whenever they feel the urge to light up. Some are away from their work areas 5 or 6 times a day in addition to their regular breaks...
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
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