How to handle a bad boss/manager?

[ijustposthere]

I've been on the receiving end of that ****-you on the way out on several occasions. Not a good idea to burn the bridge, there is only downside.

Inevitably, most of them subsequently need me for something. I tell HR when an employer checks reference on the departed, i ask them to route the call to me so I can personally describe the F-U behavior on the way out.

Or, we get credit checks all the time for these guys when they apply for a mortgage or rental, and at that time they regret acting stupid on the way out. It's not worth it.

I have no regrets. Any boss I've given the short end of the stick to I've never used for a reference. I've walked out in some spectacular ways, usually because I have a better job lined up already. I've only given two weeks notice once. Has never come back to bite me in the ass. That said, if I held a position in a more corporate/professional field, I'd leave more gracefully. It would be in my best interests to do so, and I only think about myself when it comes to money/business.

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[BlackHawkPaul]

Just go to work and do your job. Plotting employees are easy to spot and you'll basically lose everything you worked for once your boss DOES fall on her face. One day a much higher up will bring you into their temp office, ask you what your feelings are about your bosses. Be prepared to give an answer that doesn't incriminate you. That's your sane option A, while option B is find a new job/start a business.

Sounds like something someone in middle management would say as a phrase of encouragement.

The other downside for some people is that it's not easy for some to just go find a new job.
Guess they better pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

 

[ruprecht]

To the OP, keep looking for a new job and beef up your resume as much as possible. Your boss will stay a **** and the work environment will continue to suck. I have been a part of a feminazi regime before...won't ever get better. Unless you transition that is.

 

[RacerX]

By law aren't you only allowed to say what you last paid them and if they are rehire eligible? I thought that was all the information that a previous employer was allowed to divulge...

There are varying state laws, but they are rarely enforced in this context. The content an employer shares with independent 3rd parties is almost always dictated by internal HR policy. And since HR rolled up to me, well I am Donald Trump in my small universe so I give no fucks.

Besides, i am a lawyer with huge D&O and ELP insurance coverages, let them come at me.

 

[RacerX]

I have no regrets. Any boss I've given the short end of the stick to I've never used for a reference. I've walked out in some spectacular ways, usually because I have a better job lined up already. I've only given two weeks notice once. Has never come back to bite me in the ass. That said, if I held a position in a more corporate/professional field, I'd leave more gracefully. It would be in my best interests to do so, and I only think about myself when it comes to money/business.

Sent from my bathroom using toilet talk

Whatever works, i guess.

Ultimately if you work somewhere for a couple or more years it is likely to get looked into by a prospective employer whether you list it on your resume or not, unless you've got a really good lie to cover up that missing block of time.

 

[Burque]

Whatever works, i guess.

Ultimately if you work somewhere for a couple or more years it is likely to get looked into by a prospective employer whether you list it on your resume or not, unless you've got a really good lie to cover up that missing block of time.

Yea you had to do a stint up in chino... Oh wait, not that kind of lie.