There are bullies in this world everywhere you go. Finding a technique of handling them is the only way you can be able to avoid conflicts at work places. However, the situation becomes very tricky if the bully is the boss that you usually answer to. You can hardly question their authority or answer back when they yell at you. It is said that you can easily spot a difficult boss from an interview. You can easily know a cooperative boss and a difficult one by the way they conduct themselves on interviews. Coming in late with no apology to interview you indicate an arrogant person. They feel like they are doing you a favor simply by interviewing you, therefore their lateness do not matter. A person who apologizes just because they were thirty minutes late and even offers a drink as an apology indicates a cooperative boss.
If you ask them about how effectively employee projects are followed up and they shrug their shoulders, you should know they do not care much what employees think. If they tell you about an employee project being implemented, they are people who listen and respect other people’s ideas. There are bosses who keep dangling your job in your face by asking threatening questions like; do you really want this job? Or do you want to keep working here? These are people who do not have an idea about being a god leader. They are drunk with power and therefore bully people around them all the time. During this recession you are left with no choice but to tolerate this people despite their personalities because you need the job.
They also realize that it is hard to find a job and therefore take advantage of this while exercising their power. Sharing your frustrations with friends and family will help you cope with your situation. Having personal targets about your career is also a good thing to avoid feeling bad about yourself when your boss embarrasses you. You should also try and get a plan B. think about starting your own business or finding another job with a better boss. If you decide to stay on you might consider reporting the matter to your bosses’ boss. However, you will need enough evidence of bullying. This is because no one will fire your boss because he yelled at you. Since good bosses are hard to come by, you might also think of how to find a stay at home job where you need not meet your boss on a daily basis. Until then you might have to cope with your boss who has self esteem issues he needs to work out.
