Bad Employee of the Week: Glee’s Sue Sylvester

Sue SylvesterHer razor-sharp tongue and shockingly low morals make Sue Sylvester, head coach of the William McKinley High School’s cheerleading squad on Fox’s hit musical comedy-drama Glee, this week’s bad employee of the week.

After the cheerleading budget was cut to make room for the high school’s glee club, Sue made it her life’s purpose and mission to destroy the club and get her cheerleading squad back on top. And as the glee club’s arch nemesis, she will stop at nothing to defeat the emerging singing sensations. To prove it, she’s enlisted students as informants to destroy the club from the inside. She’s leaked music set-lists to competing schools in order to sabotage the team. And she’s even drugged and blackmailed the school principal. She’s a tyrant in the halls of McKinley. At any given moment, she’s likely to shove students, throw books, trip the elderly school nurse on the stairs, and crush students and teachers with her vicious, cutting, and gut-wrenching comments. Her constant rage even has Katie Couric talking.

Watch Sue in action as she threatens and demeans her co-workers and students.


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Hopefully you’re not being blackmailed by a revengeful employee or co-worker, but if you’ve ever had a worker like Sue who terrorizes co-workers and thrives on payback, take action. Set guidelines and rules with your team and make sure boundaries are never crossed. Workplace violence and harassment are serious issues and should be dealt with immediately. Outline and clarify appropriate behavior and be firm. But, if you have anger issues in your office, try to find the root of the problem to help alleviate office conflict.

Do you know an employee who could give Sue Sylvester a run for her money as a bad employee? Share your bad employee stories at www.worstemployees.com. Find out more information about 100 Worst Employees and the Refresh Leadership Bad Employee of the Week.

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