Thanks to the mainstream success of books like The Devil Wears Prada, bosses these days are pretty savvy about the fact that you might write a tell-all (or just an STA post) about how much you hate them. As a result, many evil bosses are keeping up the illusion of being nice bosses. They may say please and thank you, or buy you a nice present for your birthday, but it’s all window dressing to cover up the evil things they do in the meantime. (Kind of makes me think of this guy.)
The Onion has a totally brilliant article mocking this exact kind of boss. In this case, the boss is showing off how “enlightened” and “concerned” he is are by drinking fair-trade coffee, listening to NPR, and recycling, but it’s his assistant who has to actually make the coffee, tune the radio, and separate the plastic and the glass. Turns out someone else gets it, even if it’s satire.
