Odds of winning the lottery: 1 in 135,145,920 (multi-state, mega-millions jackpot)
Odds that the boss bends the truth in dealings with staff: 4 in 10 (source: Florida State University survey of 700 employees).

1. Three significant problems that untruthful bosses create for their companies include poor morale, reduced productivity and higher employee turnover.
2. Psychologically abused workers experience five major symptoms: exhaustion, nervousness, depression, tension and mistrust.
3. Twenty-four percent of workers surveyed complained that their supervisor invaded their privacy.
4. Asked if their boss made negative comments about them to other employees or managers, 27 percent said “yes.”
5. Thirty-seven percent of the respondents said their supervisor had failed to give them credit where due.
6. Thirty-nine percent of workers surveyed claimed that their supervisor failed to keep promises.