‘bad boss’ Archives
State Department report accuses Ambassador Cynthia Stroum of workplace bullying at US Embassy in Luxembourg
A State Department inspector general's report has accused former US Ambassador to Luxembourg, Cynthia Stroum, of workplace bullying. According to the Inspector General’s January Report of Inspection, Embassy Luxembourg: The Ambassador's confrontational management style, chronic gaps in senior and other staffing caused by curtailments, and [...]
73-year-old owner of Tennessee hotel named ‘Dirtiest Hotel in America’ faces sexual battery charges and sexual harassment lawsuit
A number of former employees allege that the owner of the hotel named as the 'Dirtiest Hotel in America' has himself engaged in dirty and lewd behavior. Kenneth M. Seaton, who owns the Grand Resort Hotel in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, faces criminal charges of sexual battery involving five women at his KMS Enterprises company. According to The [...]
Schenectady School District pays $250,000 to settle Steven Raucci hostile work environment lawsuit
In the aftermath of the Steven Raucci trial, the Schenectady School District has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle the first of several hostile work environment and sexual harassment lawsuits that were filed by current and former employees, including Ronald Kriss, Deborah and Harold Gray, Barbara Tidball and James "Dan" Bacchus. In April 2010, [...]
Burger King boss arrested for participating in robbery
The manager of a Burger King restaurant in Newark, Delaware was arrested by state police on charges of robbery and conspiracy. Tina Riddle is suspected of knowing about and participating in an armed robbery of the Burger King restaurant that she managed. Riddle is currently being held in a local jail as she was unable to post bail. Read [...]
GE boss accused of creating a racially hostile work environment
Over 60 black employees who worked as contract employees for General Electric are suing the company for racial harassment. The workers claim that Lynn Dyer, their boss at GE, created a hostile work environment by continually subjecting them to racial slurs, denying them restroom breaks, and failing to help workers who were injured on the [...]
Former employee accuses Champs Stores boss of sexual harassment
Amanda Shumway, a former employee at the Champs Sports store in the Silver City Galleria in Taunton, Massachusetts, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her former boss and against Foot Locker, which owns Champs Sports. Shumway claims that Richard Boisvert made explicit and unwanted sexual comments to her and gave her inappropriate [...]


