jaggedrain:

anticipatedrepudiation:

tooth-and-nails:

Your boss is not your friend. Your boss is not someone you can trust. Your relationship with your boss needs to be entirely professional.

• Do not do your boss favours. No working for free. No doing unreasonable duties. No working outside the hours you state as available.
• Do not say anything to your boss. About anything. Keep it work related. They will only use personal information against you.
• Know your rights. Know the laws. Your boss will come at you trying to get you to quit like its a favour to you. Its usually because they can’t legally fire you.
• Be wary around your coworkers. Some will have no problem passing things along to your boss. Such as your mental health or financial standing
• Never offer to pay for anything lost, stolen or broken. Especially if money is missing from the till.
• Demand safe working conditions.

Your boss is only there to exploit your labour for profit. Unfortunately you need that labour to sustain yourself. Just be careful.

Your boss will likely act buddy/buddy with you. Let them. But don’t reciprocate. They tell you how they got wasted and are super hungover at work? You tell them how you wish you weren’t such a boring person who goes to bed at 10p every night. They tell you how much they don’t like your co-worker, you tell them that the co-worker tries their hardest.

What kind of people are you people working for?

My boss is legit one of my favourite people in the world.

She hired a high-school graduate with no experience and no qualifications to edit her newspaper, sends me to courses to improve my skills, and pays on time every month.

What more does anyone need in a boss?