You're Not Crazy: 10 Clear Signs You Have a Bad Boss

You are not crazy.

I used to be you. Maybe you've spent the last six months questioning your own memory, your own competence, and your own sanity at work, but there is a real chance the problem is not you. It is the person you report to. This episode is the reality check most employees never get.

We walk through ten unmistakable signs of bad leadership. Not the small frustrations every job has. The patterns. The behaviors that quietly grind down good employees and convince them they are the problem.

Here's what we cover:

• Micromanagement and the trust deficit underneath it
• Taking credit for work that isn't theirs
• Inconsistent expectations that shift depending on the day
• Poor communication and feedback that leaves you guessing
• Playing favorites and the cliques that follow
• Undermining you in front of others
• Impossible deadlines without resources to match
• Blame-shifting when things go wrong
• A culture of fear instead of accountability
• No real path to grow

If three or more of these sound like your week, you do not have a perception problem. You have a leadership problem. And the first step to surviving it is naming it clearly.

This is the foundation episode of the series. Everything that comes next - the psychology, the documentation, the Grey Rock method, the philosophy, the exit planning - starts with seeing your situation for what it actually is.

This series pulls from Stoicism, Plato, Nietzsche, and modern workplace psychology to help you survive a bad boss without losing yourself in the process. Forty-five episodes. Real tools. Your sanity.

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