Bad Boss/Playing With

Basic Trope: The villain mistreats his minions regularly.

Straight: Slayer treats his minions like trash.
Exaggerated: Slayer makes his minions do all the work while not paying them, and then yells at them more for any small mistake.
Downplayed: Slayer merely annoys his minions
Justified:
- He has incompetent minions who can't get a single thing done right. - His abusiveness is retribution.
- Slayer is just that much of a Complete Monster
Inverted: Benevolent Boss
Subverted: He was having a bad day - He has a Hidden Heart of Gold.
Double Subverted: Except he's not much nicer on a good day - He's a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk.
Parodied: Slayer constantly yells out "YOU'RE FIRED!"
Zig Zagged: ???
Averted: Slayer behaves in a respectful and professional matter with his minions, or at least doesn't abuse them.
Enforced: "We need to show that Slayer is a really bad person"
Lampshaded: ???
Invoked: ???
Exploited: ???
Defied: Slayer treats his employees with respect and dignity, and even rewards them when they do something right, in order to avoid having them turn against him.
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???