“Next 2 it feels like I had the parent/child dynamic with the bosses. Basically instead of ever talking to me calmly about anything, they’d yell at me in front of customers or other workers and half the time it was over stuff that wasn’t even my fault but rather his. I felt like I always had to walk on eggshells cause I never knew what mood he’d be in.”source ↗

“One of those small businesses I worked for were a “Christian” owned business but yet he’d act like he was aggravated whenever it was time to pay me and sometimes I had to remind him to pay me. I guess he really thought I was an idiot and would forgot about my money.”source ↗

“My mom was the world’s worst manager. Her business (high end garden design in Manhattan) was very successful for decades but omg it was like a telenovela-level dysfunctional family. My brother and I both worked for her on and off over the years as well as hearing all of her work issues dissected over dinner and at family gatherings. Things got quite weird.”source ↗

“I used to think something was wrong with me til I realized they kept moving the goalposts and there’s nothing I can do to get their approval. There’s literally been times where customers would praise me and he’d say “I don’t care what customers say. It matters what I say and I think you suck””source ↗

“That’s what my boss always tells me whenever he criticizes me (which is almost every day).”source ↗

“I will tell him how customers always praise my work and never complain.”source ↗

“He claims I suck at my job.”source ↗

“It might be that you had too much proximity to the boss and have intense feelings around unethical, miscommunication and consistently changing expectations. This has been an issue for me too - but one day I realized that really it's my problem. Others were not so hell bent on fairness and would just kinda roll their eyes and just keep doing what they did and let it roll of their backs.”source ↗