Tips on dealing with a higher up (not my manager) who’s expectations are unrealistic, training style is terrible and just delegates random tasks she doesn’t want to do such as emailing someone or saving a file?…

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You can either leave, confront them about it, or deal with it. Maybe just sugar coat the issues to see what they think so they don’t have a reason to fire you or get mad. Based on their reaction, you can decide to stay or leave.

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