RULE 80
Don’t bad-mouth your boss
OK, so your boss is a jerk and you can’t stand working under such a weasel and you’ve just got to tell everyone you meet what a fool this boss is. Yes? No. Wrong, wrong, wrong. You do not bad-mouth your boss under any circumstances. OK, so your whole team knows your boss is useless and they make that clear to you. Do you agree? No, you do not. Never, ever. If you can’t find anything good to say, then say nothing at all. You do not slag them off even if they deserve it, or you feel they do anyway.
Your boss is your boss. If they are that dreadful then don’t work for them, go look someplace else. If you are going to work for them then that is your choice and you have to stick with it, live with it, support it, ...
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