This boss is very mean about money and treats his workers very harshly.
Cantonese
生意差𠮶阵，𠮶事头净系识得苛责啲员工。
生意差嗰陣，嗰事頭淨係識得苛責啲員工。
When the business does not go well, what the boss does is to criticize the workers harshly.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
苛政猛于虎
苛政猛於虎
kē zhèng měng yú hǔ
oppressive governments are more terrible than tigers
Mandarin
严苛
嚴苛
yán kē
strict and harsh
Mandarin
苛责
苛責
kē zé
to severely criticise
Mandarin
见到车子被儿子撞得稀烂，不但毫无苛责，许父甚至送槟榔、香烟给儿子“压惊”。
見到車子被兒子撞得稀爛，不但毫無苛責，許父甚至送檳榔、香煙給兒子“壓驚”。
jiàn dào chē zi bèi ér zi zhuàng de xī làn ， bù dàn háo wú kē zé ， xǔ fù shèn zhì sòng bīn láng ， xiāng yān gěi ér zi “ yā jīng ” ．
Seeing that their son had badly crashed the car, his parents did not blame him at all, and his dad even gave him betel nuts and cigarettes to “help him recover”.
Mandarin
但是土豪劣绅把持乡政时加于农民的苛捐如亩捐等，却因农民运动的兴起、土豪劣绅的倒塌而取消，至少也减轻了。
但是土豪劣紳把持鄉政時加於農民的苛捐如畝捐等，卻因農民運動的興起、土豪劣紳的倒塌而取消，至少也減輕了。
dàn shì tǔ háo liè shēn bǎ chí xiāng zhèng shí jiā yú nóng mín de kē juān rú mǔ juān děng ， què yīn nóng mín yùn dòng de xīng qǐ ， tǔ háo liè shēn de dǎo tā ér qǔ xiāo ， zhì shǎo yě jiǎn qīng le ．
However, the exorbitant levies imposed on the peasants when the local tyrants and evil gentry dominated rural administration, e.g., the surcharge on each mu of land, have been abolished or at least reduced with the rise of the peasant movement and the downfall of the local tyrants and evil gentry.