I don’t know how much longer I can suffer him. He is obsessed with getting promoted despite maxing out the Peter Principle as it is. This isn’t my first rodeo but he’s impacting my mental health and I’m getting nowhere with the job search, it’s barren. I feel even worse on my days off weirdly enough. I don’t want to leave, for the first time in my life I’m on a good salary and I don’t see why my life should be up-ended because of him. I struggle socially and I can’t tolerate being in meetings with him coming out with lie after lie so I get flustered. Then he undermines my “brand” and talks about how confident ‘x’ is. I’ve tried but it just jars with me as he’s put me in difficult situations because of his obsession with getting ahead. At least one of my coworkers (small team) agrees and hates him but he’s seemingly pulled the wool over the right peoples’ eyes, speaking out would probably backfire. How do I escape this? LinkedIn is useless these days and I’d sooner be sacked for speaking my mind than give up my salary because of this complete psychopath.