It has always amazed me that so many men (yes, just men) who are huge assholes advance up the ladder despite the fact that treating your employees with abuse and contempt is a sure way to get mediocre work out of everyone. www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-ac...
Sounds like a really nice man
There are plenty of women who act like this. Kristi Noem. Kelly Anne Conway. Nancy Mace. The dem congresswoman from Texas who just died. Jackson?
This is the sort of manager whose team will never the extra mile to help, will never back him in jam, and they certainly won't respect him. I cannot understand that so many companies don't get what a poor value proposition asshole managers are.
I had a boss like him, years ago. I did EXACTLY what I was documented as being responsible for, and not one inch more. I saw a big problem brewing but it wasn't part of my job responsibilities so I kept quiet. It was MOST gratifying to watch his azz get set on fire by Corporate for that problem...
A world full of incompetents on a power trip.
It’s because they never punch up - only down.
The entire Trump regime is one big mob racket.
How Very MAGGOTY of him. FOND. (EffOff’N’Die)
Yuck, a FEMA administrator from hell.
Dude looks like one of the four horseman of the apocalypse
Just another fucking MAGA Nazi.
Sounds like a real piece of shit.
Soooo, basically you should be court marshalled AND tried as a traitor to the US?
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Beat’em with a whip, boss! This entire regime is the epitome of fascism.
“If a bunch of guys get on an elevator with a skunk, the only one left at the top will be the skunk.” Says my husband.
Is that thing alive 💀
Well you shouldn't be surprised this type of behavior isn't exclusively male.
Just look at Pammy Jo Bondi!
Vigo is in charge of FEMA now?
I remember when President Biden fired his new NIH director (I think it was the NIH, or a similar critical post) for being an asshole, for treating his colleagues like shit. He understood something that nearly all men have yet to grasp. That being a decent human being matters more than degrees.
this is how anything gets done at work too, it’s insane to me people still try the fear and intimidation route. we get fantastic work out of a team of 40 by treating them all like their work is equally important and taking a minute to ask something about their personal lives every once in a while
trump has a ‘type.’ Remember all those he hired as 45 that rode to work on horseback (Zinke)? who took wives everywhere and gave them an adjoining office with free govt everything for her personal business (Pompeo)? Or THESE guys?
Who was it that had a flag raised whenever he was in DC? Sigh. That seems like the good ol’ days now. 😔
Zinke had a flag raised every time he was in his office. He rode horseback to work.
It’s astounding, the audaciousness of the stupidity of these morons.
They are little men with egos the size of Jupiter. He was bounced bc he accepted free flights to his home state from a local sports team here in Las Vegas and didn’t declare it. (BBC=before bitcoin coin, when costs were calculated in dollars)
Wait until Trump decides this guy has too much ego. I think ego makes the head roll faster.
He doesn't want quality work. The more failures the easier it is to justify shutting FEMA down
There was a guy who screamed at ppl, sexually harassed women at my husband old job. The ceo loved him he is still there at the place today almost at the top of the chain. Lots of CEO’s love that kind of negativity bc it makes them feel like that person is just upsetting ppl by doing their job.
This guy looks like he drives a van with candy and puppies.
So the new FEMA head who said he’ll “run over” his employees thinks his job is to CREATE emergencies?
Having worked most my career in a field with a majority of managers being women, it's not just men who are the jerks you describe. One frequent yeller was known as the dragon.
This guys management skills were a team of eight (?) marines.
I has a boss who was essentially a yes man to his superior who herself was advancing up the ladder. Likely based on all sorts of promises he created a fraudulent publications list, manipulated my work hours and mobbed me all in a cause of saving money and doing her bidding.
he gives off Cardasian vibes
It would be time to stand up and tell him to stick the job up his ass.😼🦇
I doubt he mistreated his Marines this way. Apparently not familiar with the term “fragging”. One day, one of these mini-Trumps is gonna go too far in the mistreatment of his/her workers. It’s not a novel reaction. Ever hear of “ going postal”?
Malicious Compliance. When you work for an asshole, make sure the product is shit.
I can't believe that his troops didn't send him home in a bag.
FEMA is the disaster now and i would to see this puke try to bulldoze me.
You have to hand it to T. He's found some of the most ego-centric, self-aggrandizing bullies available to serve him,
Exactly. I was just wondering to myself, “where the hell does he find all these sycophants?” But then I recalled that Project 2025 recruiting campaign before the election. 🙄
It's really so odd. They are so homogenous in many ways. Not one has had an original thought in many years.
It's called Little Penis Syndrome.
You forgot “and staggeringly mediocre”
He literally looks like a movie villain.
Absolutely. It is obvious that no one in the Trump administration subscribe to the Harvard Business Review or knows anything about modern corporate culture.
It's like promoting a difficult child to the next grade. You want them out of your class. It happens in corporate America all the time bc I've seen it first hand.
The #dictator #virus of the orange pig is heavily contagious #FEMA #Handsoff
"I took my Marines to Iraq, eleven of them" -- oh, how cute! MeanFace BoyChild was a squad leader. Wooooo. And, "I have never read a book on leadership." I believe him!
I don't doubt that he said that, and I don't doubt that he meant it. Those poor FEMA workers!
That man has been embalmed.
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Anyone who has worked for one of these jackwads knows that you don't do your best, you just do what is necessary to avoid their wrath, and no more.
"Success" is not about productivity, it's about intimidating others with threats of violence, and relying on complex social systems to confuse the issue and provide deniability. We never really abolished imperialism, we just gilded it.
Unfortunately I have worked for several men like this. They don’t last very long because those under him find ways… Watched it happen & helped a few times. Hoping the same for him. Demonstrating authority is their only goal. No real talent or prowess abides in them. Just a big hole.
Those poor FEMA workers! The last 3 months -- ! I expect there'll be another wave of people leaving, and that will ensure more deaths and more destruction when the next big storms come . . .
Such a jackwad also tends to get sabotaged …
He looks like the wicked version of Al Gore in the multiverse.
Work hard at keeping receipts too eventually run the jackwad out of town.
“Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eyewash.” Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Instead of working long hours in tech in Silicon Valley, I started putting those extra hours into gym time. I did my 40 & that’s it. There is no point busting you butt to try to please a F asshole. And left on my terms.
Society is currently built for sociopaths unfortunately
If I’m working for this dude I’m going to sabotage the shit out of the workplace. Eventually, of course, i will lose my cool and fuck him up.
The problem is that the whole reason he's there is to sabotage the workplace. I'd like to say that doing good work is how to get back at him, but he'd be able to waste your effort. So I guess the best approach is just to check out.
What they say when they don’t know what they’re doing
Not just in the trump regime…very common in the company I work for…assholes get promoted, good people/workers get run off…
Never underestimate the capacity of some women to be as mediocre and contemptible as those men. Just take a look at the women of the trump administration.
Came here to say this. Maybe more often it is men, but not exclusively men.
Big talk, if half a dept stood up he’d fold like a pizza box
They always leave before the consequences of their bullshit come to fruition
He must be a hit at the Christmas party.
Oh there's an easy fix to that just watch the movie Nine to Five. Great movie. Has brilliant ideas.
Great movie ain't it? Specially when Dolly says she turn the bigot from a rooster to a hen. First time i watched it I had to ask my mom and dad what she meant. Dad grumbled while mom explained while trying not to laugh.
While the enemy is within at least they are making it very easy to identify who we are fighting against.
Well when your mission statement is to destroy and eliminate the department you're the head of.. this is exactly the kind of behavior you want to exhibit
Another MAGA thug.
Cripes, that isn’t “evil man with no soul” from an AI image generator? 😬 That’s a real person with the power to crush people’s lives?
Oh, he's a big boy!
Um yeah, it's just men who are assholes who treat their employees with abuse and contempt. Got it. Guess you've just never heard of Steph Korey, Tyler Haney, Martha Stewart, Ellen DeGeneres or Miki Agrawal. That kind of behavior has nothing to do with sex or gender, it's just CEO mentality.
Typical trump bully! 🖕🏽
Has anyone checked Vigo the Carpathian to make sure he actually has a pulse? He looks very pekid.
This guy looks like a cross between a meth head and the devil.
That is so true. You just don’t want to do anything for people like that so you work slowly and sloppily.
Men like that also like pimping off women who do the actual Work.
He seems nice~~~
His goal is to get people to leave so FEMA will be shutdown.
He is obviously a complete arse. And in that respect is a perfect member of the Trump regime.
It's women too. Anyone who brown-noses trump.
We’ll see how he handles an actual disaster. It’s not like a reality show, or cosplay.
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 Damn it, why did I have to read this before bed? Now i gotta go look at aome bunnies. He is just oooooozing asshole vibes!
Oh, he thinks he’s a badass because he’s a Marine. I would be thrilled to get in your way, asshole.😎
gosh, hope he isn't underinsured in a flood zone
He led 11 people. Bad time to live in a hurricane zone.
This, combined with the Peter Principle are hallmarks of 47’s “style.”
They fail upwards.
Yet another pretend ALPHA male putz. They are as pathetic as they are laughable.
Completely ignoring their holly teachings: the meek shall inherit the earth
Thar guy gives off Mike Brown energy. “You’re doing a great job Brownie.”
He sounds like a complete asshole
He seems nice🙄
More dog shit from the head turd
Me thinks he’s not looking for excellent work. He’s looking to justify FEMA’s diminishment. Or ‘carry out the President’s intent’.
One day a B-school prof is going to write the definitive text on bad leadership, and this guy will have his own chapter. Along with most of the cabinet.
Of course he is. Trump would probably stop breathing if his asshole ratio wasn’t 10,000 to 1…
That guy looks like the last thing that was re-animated on Dr. Frankenstein's table.
Depends upon who’s ladder, this one is the TFGS perfect choice, he loves loyal assholes😒
In other words: don't obstruct my corruption or I will crush you
Not what my mother would’ve expected as a “ first impression” from anyone.
JFC that is an unattractive human being 😬
States can’t count on fema for shit. Hurricane season is 2 weeks away
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Ooooi.. big, strong he-man. Fuck right off, ya cunt.
The nightmare just goes on and on
Where do they dig up all these aholes?
Jesus. Another face-of-evil. Fuck him.
What an asshole
Why is this surprising. It became clear a very long time ago that the only way that Trump gets by is in an echo chamber of Yes men and women. That in my opinion is his Achilles Heal, and why whatever he does to fill the world with spectacle, division and hatred will ultimately fail along with him.
This guy looks like the undead.
With rays of sunshine like him, who needs climate change! Amirite?
A ruthless Society breeds ruthless people, when money and power are the only values, this is what you get.
Another white guy who sounds like an ahole and looks like an ahole. He’s perfect for this regime.
Sounds Like a Job for 👉👉👇👇 @altfema.bsky.social @altfederalworkers.bsky.social
Pretty excited for "FEMA, starring Stephen Baldwin"
Yet another malignant narcississt. Guess this and cruelty are a prerequisite for joining this regime.
I have asked myself that every day for 30 years. Companies pretend to care about having good leaders but do nothing to identify red flags in lower level managers. They don't care about bullies. I'm guessing because upper level managers aren't very good at their jobs, managing people.
Not me. Humans are monkeys. And not the cute ones. Male Monkeys respect strength. They cower before the stronger ones and bully the weaker ones.
Many years ago, I got a new boss like him. He would inflict his behaviors on everyone. I remember one conference room meeting where he targeted me that i had my hands below the table in fists, turning white as i had squeezed them hard to not react to him. It was pure anger.
Sayeth the axe man.
He looks like a 🫏
Also looks like
So, a real-life Bond villain is put in charge of caring for vulnerable people?
The worst of the worst. This is why it is against nature to have/show pity or grace to Confederates and Nazis. They are unable to build, help, grow, heal, Unite, care, or make anything better. They only wreck, break, harm, kill, rape, destroy - Let Darwin
Managers are usually psychopaths
I have worked for woman who advance up the ladder this way and get the same mediocre work from their people (who see them and what they are doing a mile away).
Could it be an American corporate culture thing? I have worked in Asia and Europe and haven't quite come across this kind of bullying yet. But while working for an American MNC, I did get this vibe from several of the colleagues across the pond.
Dear FEMA personnel Document everything and trip him up when you can.
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That pic....SCREAMS.....I'M A DOUCHE BAG AND I KNOW IT.
He looks like the walking dead. Is he a Zombie?
27% of private and govt “leaders” are simply malignant sociopaths who have no morals, values, or integrity. They are sociopaths and cannot be trusted. Period.
Assholish cruelty is a feature of the criminal trump regime. 🤬
I don't know about "just men". I called my old boss Ursula. She looked, acted, and talked like the character from The Little Mermaid.
Sounds like a Magat idiot! Do they suck the brains out of these people?
Guess there’s no welcoming party at work?
This is the guy that knows nothing about the dept and thinks he can learn by reading past management reports. And doesn’t want advice from you so you don’t speak up when he’s about to step in dog poo.
SHAME HIM in every way possible. He's a PRICK!
The last guy was fired for saying getting rid of FEMA would be a disservice to the American people. This guy’s intent on following Trump’s plan to axe FEMA, and has the gall to think his tough guy act has any sway with personnel whose days are numbered anyway. Here’s my badge, I quit.
Don’t worry, we know his name and we won’t forget who he is later on. We’ll come back and catch up with him and take him apart piece by piece….
Sounds like one of those dudes who’d rather set the world on fire than get therapy.
Patriarchy.
He's only the acting head, to be a permanent appointment he needs background in emergency management. He's former military
When all the shit in his desk is glued down we’ll see how he acts. 🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆
Another Trumpist asshole.
I hope half of the people he said this to thought…Game on, bitch.
Insecurity. Overcompensated with performative dominance.
Crazy, right?
Tell me you’re a weak man without telling me. He isn’t a leader. He’s a puppet of Conald. This is a fear centric posture, not a confidence one.
All the "men" think they are such tough guys
Failing upwards.
I’d tell him to fuck straight off an quit.
The professional people will quit in a few days or weeks. They almost always do. That department is pretty well killed.
A guy like this took over a nursing home in my area. All the decent nurses and aides left in a few months.
I'm sure the regime is thrilled that "I'm from the government, I'm here to help" is a joke that will never be made about them. Seems safe to assume the guy sees his mission as "real estate acquisition and clearance".
Not hard.. Remember - John Lennons song - " Working Class Hero " - there's room at the top if you can smile as you kill.. "
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Crazy so many of them in leadership
“Snakes in Suits” by Babiak and Hare.
This is partly why I have my own business. Men. Men who are despicable to work with/for. You can choose the good men in your life, but not your boss or coworkers like this supreme ass unless you work for yourself. And now men are putting my lovely business at risk with supply chain tariffs. Fuq.
This dude doesn’t look like he would ever help anyone ever. He looks like a maniacal killer.
