Difficult Boss
I had a co-worker or rather I should say he was like a boss. We were a team of 15 members lead by a Team Lead and a Manager. The manager was an intimidating guy but the 2nd in command (Team Lead) was actually a very timid sort of person. He acheived something which he never thought he was capable of (in his own words). Maybe that was the reason or something else, he tried everything to become something which he was not. He tried to be persuasive, strict and everything to project himself as a leader. Needless to say, it never worked, instead his standing in the team declining to level even lower even before he became the Team Lead. He made enemies of his friends. Even one of his oldest friends turned against him. The irony in the situation is that he didn't get along with the Manager (the intimidating sort of guy who was moderately respected). There came a point when he was equally disliked by both the Manager and his team mates. Some of my co-workers took the opportunity and