Harry Hampton is the boss from hell - he bullies his staff and takes credit for other people's ideas. After he sacks a few more people for no good reason, some of the women at his TV production company - department leader Janet, receptionist Sue, secretary Nina and producer Liz - decide to take matters into their own hands. They start compiling a dossier on Harry's misdeeds and plot his downfall. Meanwhile his alcoholic wife, Val, is out to befriend them. This is a hilarious tale about a group of women determined to end their boss' reign of terror.