"It's an honored tradition — working for an "idiot" boss. They don't take suggestions, don't think efficiently and don't make your job easier. If you've seen the movie "Office Space," you know the drill."
Trap him/her to expose the real truth about what is going on. Senior Management will be more happy with you if you help them remove the bad apple.
I have found that when dealing with an idiot boss, it is better to document your steps in a project or even in dealing with this individual (how I love e-mail!). It may be a CYA way of doing things, but it sure is effective.
Just survival of the mentally fittest. Normally an Idiot Boss protects his pets who do very little, while the rest of us slave away. This goes on for years. So who is the real idiot? Idiot bosses act this way because they can't handle confrontation of any kind . Also, they have an acute fear of looking stupid and an aversion to all work. In a nutshell, they are lazy, fearful, selfish individuals who care nothing for those around them.
What they are not however is stupid. Typically, their team consists of pets and the fall guys. The fall guys do all the work.
If anything goes wrong the fall guys can be blamed and shuffled off. If they succeed, the idiot boss is waiting to take the credit.
The pets are happy because they don't have to do work. The trick is to have more pets than fall guys. Then if higher ups ever ask questions, the pets are there to sing high praises.
Whether you become a pet or fall guy depends on luck and threat-potential. You may be an excellent pet candidate but there just may be no opening!
