[mad puppy]

"Thats pretty crappy advice."

I completely agree. Jez,,, they essentially say appease the dork. Forget that. I had a project leader invite 5 of us (2 of whom where contractors!) out to the parking lot. We all sat there quietly, looking at each other thinking that maybe we should take him up on it. We didn't. An hour later I caught him in his office after he'd calmed down and over the course of 10 minutes explained to him why he'd made a complete a$$ out of himself, again.

From that point forward he was much nicer to me. These adult children NEED to be confronted. Not shouted down, just calmly confronted. What is that new law about "stand your ground"?

[KC_Conspirator]

I have worked with bosses that laid the blame on their stars in order to deflect attention to their crappy performance and bad judgement. I have worked with bosses who have keep files on employees in order to dust them off when the time was right so they could get out of whatever jam they created.

If you can, move on as soon as possible. Don't do what this HR bunny says, because one will get screwed in the end.