Ever have a manager that asks you to do a bunch of stuff for them like you are a personal assistant and then never even bothers to read emails you send them? But replies to them like you didn’t have the answer in your original email? And then calls you and berates you for them being clueless? Somehow they managed to make a shit ton of money by being this way.

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Unfortunately sociopaths are successful because they just get their way. Cause there’s nice people like use for them to help them. Set your boundaries early and nicely tell them to £*€¥ off.

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Log all of this in a journal w/ the date and times. Save and print the emails. Record all the phone calls so you have them. It doesn’t matter if you live in a “recording calls isn’t legal state.” The court of public opinion is the real judge.

Have all of this handy so when they lay you off you can show HR and contact an employment attorney.

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Yes, all this plus also log whoever else is present when incidents happen

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I had one of those. I didn’t realize how much of toll it took on me until I was out. Write stuff down because this type of person will 100% make you sound incompetent to everyone else.

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