However, if your boss doesn’t seem to prioritize acting professionally around their employees, it might be time to call them out. Redditors have recently been opening up about times they managed to put toxic supervisors in their place without getting fired, so we’ve gathered the juiciest stories below. Keep reading to find conversations with the Reddit user who started this thread and Dr. Liane Davey, author of The Good Fight, and be sure to upvote the things you wish you could say to your boss!
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“I have a friend that was confiding in me about their workplace and how stressful it was due to their boss being toxic by being manipulative and gaslighting,” they shared. “There was nothing that I could suggest for them that my friend could do, as they have a completely different job to me, so I wouldn’t know how to handle their situation.”
So the author reached out to Reddit to find out if anyone else was facing a similar situation. “I had no idea that the question would have that many people contributing to my post to tell their story, which is quite sad in a sense, since it appears to be such a common thing for people who are only just trying to get by in some cases, as well as considering those who work a 9-5 job where most of their waking hours, they’re having to put their emotional and mental health in jeopardy for it,” they told Bored Panda.
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The author also noted that they didn’t think this was such a common issue until they made this post. “Looking at the number of responses I got, I appear to be wrong, sadly. I just think those who are in superior management need to realize that when their employees are working well under their management and care, there’s less of a chance of employees leaving the workplace and more of a chance of the workplace flourishing because everyone contributes to that, especially those that are working at the very foundation of the job, as well as what I mentioned prior about the mental and emotional health aspect of it all,” they shared.
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“Many employees report having a toxic boss, but the situations fall into three categories,” Dr. Davey shared. “The first category includes the horrible managers out there who are doing considerable damage. Some of them are unskilled or incapable of doing their job effectively. Their disorganization, lack of planning, or inability to provide coaching make it incredibly difficult for you to be successful.”
“Other toxic bosses lack self-awareness of how their behaviors (such as yelling or criticizing) affect you,” she continued. “Sadly, the more intimidating the boss, the less likely you will tell them what harm they’re doing. On the other end of the spectrum, let’s not forget the risk of a toxicly positive boss. Those managers will not allow negative comments and insist on pretending that everything is great even when it’s not.”
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“A third category I would refer to as toxic managerial relationships. Often, I hear employees complaining about their managers and how the manager doesn’t like them or how they are disrespectful, but when I watch them interact, it’s clear to me that the employee has created an unhealthy and inaccurate narrative about the boss’ behavior or attitudes,” the expert says. “You should be careful about the labels you use because not all toxic bosses are created equal.”
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“Our relationship got so unhealthy for me that I ended up quitting. Looking back now, I realize how I owned some of what went wrong, and if I’d done a better job of expressing my concerns, it might have played out differently,” the expert told Bored Panda. “Fortunately, I haven’t had a toxic boss since then, partly because I was careful which jobs I took, and partly because I got more skilled at managing up.”
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