Nick Hendricks

Nick Hendricks is a protagonist of Horrible Bosses and a former employee at Comnidyne.

Horrible Bosses
Nick Hendricks worked at the firm Comnidyne under David Harken, a sadistic and micromanaging boss. He stayed at the firm believing that the best way to go through life is to “take shit” from people, leading to merit and reward. This is what he believed to be happening under David Harken, believing he was in line for a major promotion. This led him to work late nights, and even miss the death of his grandmother.

David Harken later revealed to Nick and the rest of the firm that he would be taking on the promotion that Nick wanted, leaving Nick angry and confused. Nick confronted Harken, saying he was going to quit, but Harken explained if Nick quit he would write a letter of recommendation saying Nick was a insubordinate, dishonest drunk.

Later, Kurt, Dale and Nick were at a bar where they met their high school friend Kenny Sommerfeld. After seeing how horrible his life was Kurt and Nick started talking about how they wish there bosses weren’t alive, then asking Dale the same. He got upset and stormed out saying they were paying for his drinks and dinner. After a tense situation with Julia,  Dale went to see Nick and Kurt and they agreed to kill their bosses. Dale found a man who he believed to be a  hitman and they met him at  227 Travel Inn. He met Dale, Nick and Kurt when they were looking for a hitman, and Dale thought that ’wetworks’ was a way of hiding what the man really did. When he got there they thought he was going to kill them as a took as a plastic mat, but in reality he didn’t want to stain the carpet with urine. They declined his offer, but made them pay the fee of $200 anyways.

They then met Motherfucker Jones at the Dive Bar and he told them he could kill their bosses for them, and to bring $5,000 at the bar they were at. After they returned the next night, Dale explained he wasn’t comfortable killing three targets because he was being watched by the police and was on probation, so he decided he would be their ‘murder consultant’. He told them to kill each other’s bosses so the police would see no clear motives. Their first stop after that was Bobby Pellit's house, in which Kurt stole his phone, Dale spilt cocaine everywhere and Kurt put Bobby's toothbrush in his anus. After Bobby's house, Nick and Kurt go into Harken's house while Dale stays in the car for lookout. However, Harken found Dale littering on the street with a peanut butter candy bar he touched. Dale quickly uses Harken's epipen to inject him while Nick and Kurt quickly get out of there. While Dale meets Harken's wife, Nick and Kurt walks on the sidewalk and talk about who's gonna get raped first if they're going to end up in prison. Then they confronted Dale who was unaware that he didn't know who Harken was as they show disappointment in him. Nick and Kurt have a conversation about Harken's allergy and Bobby's cocaine bags.

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 * He is portrayed by Jason Bateman. Coincidentally, his character Nick also has the same name from Disney's Zootopia as Nick Wilde, a con artist fox. However, Nick in Horrible bosses is much more serious, no-nonsense and careful as he wants to kill his own boss due to his mistreatment.