Lord Sugar tops Wales’ list of most ghoulish bosses this Halloween

* Lord Alan Sugar named as the scariest celebrity boss to work for

* Candidates also say Lord Alan Sugar would be most intimidating to
be interviewed by

THURSDAY 19TH OCTOBER: Lord Alan Sugar, star of the BBC’s The
Apprentice and made famous by his ‘you’re fired!’ catchphrase,
has been named the celebrity likely to be the most intimidating
interviewer and celebrity boss according to new research of candidates
in the Welsh by leading job board, totaljobs [2].

The top five scariest bosses that employees wouldn’t like to
report into this Halloween:

* Lord Alan Sugar

* Donald Trump

* Piers Morgan

* Rupert Murdoch

* Sir Alex Ferguson

Intimidating atmospheres

As part of their research, totaljobs [3] also asked employers about
intimidating tactics during interviews. Almost half (49%) said they
have intentionally asked difficult questions while interviewing a
candidate, 20% admitted they’d adopted negative body language, while
the same proportion (20%) said they’d asked personal questions.
Worryingly, 17% said they’d acted disinterested on purpose to throw
the candidate. Over a quarter (26%) of employers believe creating a
slightly uncomfortable environment for candidates at interview can
sometimes be justified to see how candidates handle pressure.

Intimidating interviews tactics from employers seem to work as 35% of
interviewees have felt intimidated by an interviewer, following either
aggressive questioning (63%), acting disinterested (55%), negative
body language (49%), swearing (47%) or a raised voice (46%).

Despite this, 43% of candidates surveyed said they would remain
confident regardless of who they were facing on the other side of the
desk. Although, 22% say they might get flustered in such an
intimidating scenario. A similar percentage (22%) might stumble over
their words, while just 12% say they would avoid eye contact to avoid
an uncomfortable interview interaction.

MATTHEW HARRADINE, TOTALJOBS’ DIRECTOR said: “While intimidating
bosses may make tough interviewers, candidates agree that their
toughness would make them good people to work for. While the nicest
person in the world might be fun to work with, our study has found
employees don’t think they are necessarily the best people to learn
from, which is what employees are looking for in a boss.

“On the flipside, the people employees least want to work for are
those who seem to go through staff quickly and experience a high team
turnover. It’s safe to say that a balanced and respectful
environment is where employees feel they are most likely to strive.”