SCARE TACTICS: 5 nightmare bosses revealed

A hostile boss can make a workplace unpleasant. Working under someone who constantly tries to instil fear, bullies staff and conducts themselves in a way that would make HR shudder, is a real problem for employees in the UK.

But, which intimidating boss would really give your employees actual nightmares? A new totaljobs survey found that UK employees view Lord Alan Sugar, star of the BBC’s The Apprentice, as the most intimidating boss to be interviewed by and one of the scariest bosses to work with. However, perhaps Lord Sugar’s fear factor is just as enticing as it is scary, with 36% of employees viewing him as a ‘great boss’.