Sentence examples for straw boss from inspiring English sources
noun
A worker acting as a supervisor of other workers
The Mets need a straw boss, a bully, on the field.
At first he was assigned to "picking", then to "dragging", and then was promoted to straw boss & told to supervise the other workers.
The one name you will not find in that essay is Lance Armstrong, who was the straw boss of the team during Vaughters's short time around the Tour.
But that job description is losing its puissance; many executives treat the word manager as denoting no more than a foreman or straw boss.
Ambiguous language and terms in the original regulations like straw boss and leg man that bear little relevance to today's workplace must be revised.
In the second half he will conduct an all-star big band in the premiere of "Straw Boss," commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center.
The concept of maintenance and motivation needs developed here is not strange or abstract but is clearly part of the experience and repertoire of most supervisors, including the straw-boss supervisor of unskilled workers.
Rocking a straw hat like a boss.
Perhaps the final straw will come when the boss is less than understanding when the kid is sick and needs to stay home from school.
On the next page, two young workers will play a game of catch with an apple while a patrician boss in a straw hat approaches, bringing two massive jugs of fresh scrumpy as a reward for an easy day of enjoying the Great British Outdoors™.
Sir Richard is convinced that the growing congestion of the roads will stimulate such growth, while Brian Souter, Stagecoach's boss, clutching at straws and spying silver linings for all he is worth, says that at least the present chaos shows how much demand there is for rail travel.
