It’s Hard to Succeed When Your Boss Is a Dick

It’s Hard to Succeed When Your Boss Is a Dick: "My co-worker Sarah was Daniel's first target. Despite being nearly 15 years his senior, he treated her like a child who suffered from learning disabilities. Their struggle to communicate was difficult to witness, and the disrespect grew more intense as time went on. He talked down to Sarah regularly in the way that an exasperated owner talks to their pet, and the mental and physical toll it took on her was obvious. It eventually got so bad that she quit before finding a new job. It was affecting her health. Imagine the experience of going to work being so dreadful that it literally makes you sick. Considering Daniel once told me that he had a frightening meltdown from a job he despised, you'd think he'd have some compassion. But no.



 There were more telling incidents. Daniel disliked Bobby almost instantly. He saw him as a bad influence on me, and a link to our previous manager's regime, something he was exceptionally insecure about. Daniel was the new coach who didn't want to hear anything about the old coach, as if the mere mention of her name was an insult to his very existence. After Bobby accidentally called him a "prick" in a message intended for me, Daniel began to seek out faults in Bobby, over-analyzing his every move, harassing him about being away from his desk, even if it was just to go to the bathroom. The smallest issues were amplified in an attempt to build a case against him. This obsession was disturbing, and it reached a new low when Bobby's father's health began to deteriorate."



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