I’ve never been fired. I honestly don’t know how people do it. Boss says “do X”, you do X with a smile, whether you like it or not. If you don’t like it, you start applying to other jobs while keeping your paycheck. Then leave, shake your boss’s hand and say it was great working with them (even if they were a POS), and forget about the whole mess with your new, higher paycheck.
I feel like these are kindergarden level skills. Follow instructions. Hide your emotions. Don’t let authority figures know you hate them as long as they have power over you. It’s not that complicated.
This reads like you’ve only ever had to deal with mid-tier bosses, so your reference for a “bad” boss is pretty skewed.
I know one dude whose boss demanded he climb through a full dumpster to retrieve something the boss had thrown away earlier that day. The boss also required him to be clocked out for it, because he was already capped on hours for the week. The dumpster was shared by a seafood restaurant and a frozen yogurt place, so it was full of rotting fish and spoiled dairy.
Boss said he was fired if he refused. He refused, and was fired. Every single sentence in the previous paragraph violated existing labor laws. But sure, “just do as you’re told with a smile, whether you like it or not.”
I’ve never been fired. I honestly don’t know how people do it. Boss says “do X”, you do X with a smile, whether you like it or not. If you don’t like it, you start applying to other jobs while keeping your paycheck. Then leave, shake your boss’s hand and say it was great working with them (even if they were a POS), and forget about the whole mess with your new, higher paycheck.
I feel like these are kindergarden level skills. Follow instructions. Hide your emotions. Don’t let authority figures know you hate them as long as they have power over you. It’s not that complicated.
This reads like you’ve only ever had to deal with mid-tier bosses, so your reference for a “bad” boss is pretty skewed.
I know one dude whose boss demanded he climb through a full dumpster to retrieve something the boss had thrown away earlier that day. The boss also required him to be clocked out for it, because he was already capped on hours for the week. The dumpster was shared by a seafood restaurant and a frozen yogurt place, so it was full of rotting fish and spoiled dairy.
Boss said he was fired if he refused. He refused, and was fired. Every single sentence in the previous paragraph violated existing labor laws. But sure, “just do as you’re told with a smile, whether you like it or not.”