From the course: Bad Boss: Dealing with a Difficult Manager

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My boss demands the impossible

My boss demands the impossible

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My boss demands the impossible

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- The next type of bad boss is the one who says, "You'll just have to find a way." You know, "You've gotta get that boat assembled "within six weeks, and it's gotta be ready, "'cause the customer is coming." Or, "You'll just have to find a way to make "5,000 shock absorbers by the end of the week." That was a job that I did. "And you'll just have to find a way." And when you say, "Well, how?" "I don't know, that's your job, you do it." And I've got four things to say, really, about this type of boss, and the first one is, stand up to bullies. No one's really sure whether bullies like to be stood up to or not. I think some like it and some don't. But I think, I don't care whether they like it or not. If they like it, stand up to them. If they don't like it, stand up to them. They can't be allowed to bully you. So your first thought is, "This boss is a bully, "and I'm not having it." So you gotta have that. Almost to the point where, if you get fired for standing up to yourself, then…

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