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CarolAnn
04-15-2007, 04:39 AM
After several weeks on unemployment, I was offered a job in a small office.

It turns out I have the boss from hell.

She's condescending, sarcastic, demeaning and super- micromanaging. I wasn't allowed to turn down the position, or I'd loose my unemployment. She has a history of a high turnover, and there's no higher power to correct her outrageous behavior.

If I want to be nice about it, I'll just say she's personality challenged.

The advice I need is - (beyond find another job asap and quit!) do I confront her with her unacceptable behavior? I long to tell her, "Keep on doing what you've always done and you will keep on getting what you've always gotten."

And then follow it up with a spreadsheet listing specific instances where she crossed the line with a column for her statments that are actionable. (As in, "lawsuit fodder!")

I have this vision of taking her to HER office, sitting down and saying, "we need to discuss your performance."

Maybe I'm just getting nuts from lack of sleep . . .

Funkhouser
05-02-2007, 04:44 AM
Deberosa is right...I was in a situation like this about 3 years ago, where my immediate supervisor and her boss both felt inherently threatened by how easy I made my job look. I don't mean to brag, I just built up a nice big support system and incorporated a lot of TEAMWORK. Well, I was eventually 'downsized', but I had no worries...because of the support system I had in place, I had a built-in list of people who would gladly give glowing references to my prospective employers. Those two women that had it out for me? One was 'downsized' herself, and the other one demoted! What goes around, comes around ;)