My manager will not make decisions. Once its up to them, everything slows down and priorities change constantly. Their feedback is painfully vague. How do I work around a bad boss?

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I just do my best with what I have. If he gives vague and unhelpful instructions, I try to follow them as closely as possible and then if it comes back on me, I show what I was given. You can always request to transfer to another manager but that rarely happens.

You can try to manage up and steer their behavior a bit, but that doesn't always work very well. It's probably best to navigate along as best you can with whatever guidance they give you. Sometimes there's an advantage to that, you may not get a lot of advice, but at least you're not getting any bad advice.

That really sucks
This is usually a sign for me to move on
To get by until then just make sure everything is confirmed or asked over email. Have a written record for everything that’s the only way to protect yourself if your boss ever tries to throw you under the bus later

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