
Just don’t go in asking for that pay rise when Handsome Jack is in a bad mood, that’s my advice. You can’t fault that go-and-get-it attitude, though.Īfter disposing of Tassiter, Handsome Jack tore off his goatee and displayed it in his office as a warning for anyone who dared be “a dick” to Handsome Jack. Did he hand in his notice? Pull a sick day and leave his colleagues in the lurch? Nope, he strangled Tassiter and proclaimed himself the new President. One day, during the events of Borderlands: The Pre-sequel, Handsome Jack had enough. Always getting in the way of Handsome Jack’s schemes and foiling his plans. Harold Tassiter, former President of Hyperion Corp, was Handsome Jack’s nightmare boss.

It’s only natural that you want to take that stapler and beat them over the head with it. They give you terrible jobs like going to the fax machine and stocking paper, and they get the big, fat paycheque. If you work a desk job, you probably hate your boss. While Handsome Jack has done a lot of vile things, we’ve managed to find 15 of the vilest. Most likely, Handsome Jack thinks he is a guy doing bad things for good reasons. Handsome Jack may think he is doing good, but no one ever likes to think of themselves as the bad guys. You can look to his traumatic past and mental stability to justify his actions, but objectively, he is known for acting in extreme ways. So we've dug deep into Handsome Jack's history to reveal some of the horrible, sadistic, and downright sinister things he has done to other people. It doesn't matter where you stand with the man, it's indisputable that he has done some pretty vile stuff. Even then, he leads through oppressive rule, and entrapped his daughter for what he believes to be her own good. There is a case to be made that he is misunderstood, or that he is actually the good guy, protecting Pandora from the bandit scourge. Either way, he is often referred to as one of the greatest video game villains of all time. Handsome Jack is a divisive figure in the Borderlands series.
