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Some
Bad Bosses
Want to be Bad
and Know How To
Get Away with It
Bosses who want to hurt you really do exist. They don't care if they hurt the company, too. These bad bosses are shrewd and dangerous. Trying to talk with them will make your situation worse. So will escalating your concerns to a higher authority. What's worse is that a sneaky bad boss can make you look like the bad guy. When most people don't believe your stories about the things your bad boss does, The Bad Boss Info Zone can help, along with the book, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Boss."
If you report to a bad boss, you will find her/him described in the book--you're not imagining it. You might feel like you're losing your mind; you're not.
You've come to the right place. Take your time and look around on this site.
You've come to the right place. Take your time and look around on this site.
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5 Things to Know
if You Report
to a Bad Boss
1. You are not the problem.
2. You're not imagining it--it's really happening.
3. Some bosses want to be bad and they're not going to change.
4. Bad bosses know how to get away with what they're doing— you can't stop them.
5. You can take control of your work life.
You Have Only
3 Career Choices
- Stay and cope
- Transfer
- Resign
But how do you decide which choice is best for you?
If you decide to stay, what can you do to minimize the negative effects?
If you decide to leave, how do you leave without creating more problems for yourself?
What are the things you definitely must not do?
And if you're interviewing for a new job, how can you tell whether the manager is a bad boss before you accept the position, so you can avoid the situation?
You've come to the right place to find answers.
If you decide to stay, what can you do to minimize the negative effects?
If you decide to leave, how do you leave without creating more problems for yourself?
What are the things you definitely must not do?
And if you're interviewing for a new job, how can you tell whether the manager is a bad boss before you accept the position, so you can avoid the situation?
You've come to the right place to find answers.
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Entertainment?
Sorry, but you won't find anything funny here.
This is a serious site that helps employees who are oppressed by unreasaonable, unethical and corrupt bosses. There's nothing comical about their situation.
Some bad boss stories may seem funny to you, if you're not effected by them. If you're looking for laughs, count yourself among the lucky and check out the many other sites that provide bad boss entertainment. Come back when you've been assigned a new boss who makes your life miserable--it's bound to happen.
This is a serious site that helps employees who are oppressed by unreasaonable, unethical and corrupt bosses. There's nothing comical about their situation.
Some bad boss stories may seem funny to you, if you're not effected by them. If you're looking for laughs, count yourself among the lucky and check out the many other sites that provide bad boss entertainment. Come back when you've been assigned a new boss who makes your life miserable--it's bound to happen.
ABOUT THE BOOK
You can't manage an unmanageable boss. You can try changing your behavior; adopting a different personality style; using fancy communication or negotiation techniques; practicing conflict management skills; walking on eggs shells or walking on water (all the things other books suggest), but none of those strategies will work with a boss who wants to be bad. You need a different strategy to ward off that kind of evil. You need to know your boss's game plan so you can handle any situation thrown at you. Then you need to be prepared with counter-strategies to block any offense.
This book tells you how to know what's coming next and how to minimize its impact on you--not only with the obnoxious or dumb types, but with the types who enjoy hurting people. It tells you what to do and exactly how to do it--just what you hope to find in a book like this, but rarely do.
If you're searching for a job, this book will also show you how to identify the worst kinds of bad bosses during and interview, so you can avoid getting into a bad situation or going from the frying pan into the fire.
Each chapter addresses a different bad-boss type, and is divided into the following sections for each type:
1. How to Recognize this Type
2. Three Real-Life Examples
3. What This Type Wants from You
4. What It's Like to Report to This Type
5. A Survival Quiz to Help You Evaluate Your Situation
6. Strategies for Surviving This Type
7. How to Avoid This Type During a Job Interviw
8. Consequences of Continuing to Report to This Type
1. The Wannabe
"Just give me the perks!"
2. The Suppressor
"No one here is smarter than me!"
3. The Pretender
"I can talk a real good game!"
4. The Confounder
"Let's do something, even if it's wrong"
5. The Dumbfounder
"But the figures say we're doing fine!"
6. The Propagator
"Follow Me!"
7. The Player
"It's my department and I'll do the jobs I like!"
8. The Bully
"It's such fun to see you squirm!"
9. The Manipulator
"I'm indispensable!"
10. The Cult Maker
"Let's find someone to blame all our problems on!"
11. The Pilferer
"It's all mine to use as I want!"
12. The Saboteur
"I can make it look like I support this change!"
13. The Combination Type
"I never said that!"