This boss is very mean about money and treats his workers very harshly.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
大敌当前,他们要联合工农反对敌人;工农觉悟,他们又联合敌人反对工农。
大敵當前,他們要聯合工農反對敵人;工農覺悟,他們又聯合敵人反對工農。
dà dí dāng qián , tā men yào lián hé gōng nóng fǎn duì dí rén ; gōng nóng jué wù , tā men yòu lián hé dí rén fǎn duì gōng nóng .
When confronted by a formidable enemy, they united with the workers and peasants against the enemy, but when the workers and peasants awakened, they turned round to unite with the enemy against the workers and peasants.