How To Deal With A Bad Boss

But if your relationship with ‘the boss’ is less than stellar, it can make the 40 hours a week you spend at the office a living nightmare.

Computer technician Steve Moscarelli explained the headaches he endured under his last boss.

“My boss was on a flight that was delayed and asked me to pick up his kids because he had just gotten divorced …I picked them up at preschool and they vomited and I had to get the car washed,” he said. “He was the CEO so I had no choice.”

Management consultant Susan Kennedy cancelled her honeymoon because of a crummy boss.

“He knew I was getting married, he knew I was planning to go on my honeymoon and he said you need to do this, this, this and that so I wasn’t able to do that without working through the night for the next three days so I cancelled my honeymoon,” she said.

If you’re frustrated about how you’re being treated by your superiors on the job, a Toronto entrepreneur has come up with some ways to help you win the office politics battles.

“Two types of people in an organization: the overly political, who just know how to play the game beautifully, and the under political who want to hide their head in the sand,” Frankie James explained. She runs the website officepolitics.com.

Disgruntled workers around the world log onto her site looking for advice on how to deal with sticky situations at work, and experts give their advice.

She’s even created a game that teaches her techniques to win at work.

“Don’t be shy about finding ways to send the message that you’re working hard,” she advises. “A little bit of self promotion is a very politically-savvy thing to do.”

Here are some general ways you can improve your relationship with your boss: