We had quite a few different managers over the years at the Neptune. Most of them were easy enough to work with, so as long as you did your job well they were fine with you.
One in particular was more dishonest and lousier to work for than most. He'd give the higher paying position to the most attractive woman almost every time, even though I was much better at the job and would have to bail the woman out if she didn't know what she was doing. Bear in mind, this isn't a sex based thing on my part; it is from the manager's point of view - he selected them based on his preferences. I resented them for being lousy at the job that I was better at, that paid more, that they didn't deserve. Having to show them what they were doing wrong just rubbed the unfairness in. I'd have felt the same way if it were men he was appointing.
This manager was actively dishonest. He ran the normal ticket reselling scam at least 2 or 3 times that I know about, so I assume he ran it way more than that. He held an employee meeting - morale was low, and he didn't understand that his poor qualities as a leader were largely to blame. He decided to pump us up.
"I don't mind stealing from the company. We can all do well if we steal from the company." Words more or less to that effect. Pretty mind boggling. He was older than the rest of us, the only adult in a sense - we were all college or high school students at least a few years younger than him. He confused younger with stupid and/or safe, which was a mistake.
His words were recorded by a tape recorder hidden in a jacket. I was at the meeting where the recording was played to Rayleh, the corrupt manager's boss. I suppose I was there as an additional witness to the dishonest boss's statements, they all new I was painfully honest. Rayleh fired the manager and hired the college kid who had the organization and skills to record and turn in the boss as the new boss.
He ended up being one of the better bosses and was completely honest as far as I could tell. It probably comes as no surprise that he ended up being a lawyer. Given the adversarial nature of our system of justice, the guy who rose to the top of the Neptune heap may be the best bet for your lawyer.
His path to the top reminds me of how I got my job at the Neptune, over the figurative corpse of your competitors career. As I said there, a pretty apt metaphor for life in corporate America.
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