I think I posted on this group before about how my boss bullies and belittles me.
So basically, I work with this company remotely, and my main job with them happens to be later in the day. I am also currently a full-time student on my last semester right now so I’m pretty busy with exams and papers and all that stuff.
But last semester, I found myself with a lot of free time, so I agreed when my company wanted me to help out in some projects. I started by helping out with little jobs but quickly thrust into a more staple and demanding kind of role, where now I’m expected to do most of the work, be on top of every fucking thing, and apparently make sure that other departments involved do their jobs. The leader of the project and also unfortunately, of the company makes me report to him several times a week.
He’s known for being a bully that likes to nitpick and undermine everybody, and staff turnover is high. I actually found a little review about the company on Reddit that mentioned his temper tantrums. So I think like I might have posted before, he has the tendency to question and belittle me, love bomb when I do something he likes, and display aggression when I asked for support or help in our meetings, insinuating that I am dumb for asking them and that I should’ve been able to make every decision on my own.
With all my schoolwork, I really try to do what I can, with the very limited time that I have. He knows this since I have said a few months ago that I’m going to be busy in the mornings, so probably can’t make a lot of meetings. He never cared about that. He never asked me how it’s going he just kept expecting me to run the whole thing basically. I just wanted to die the past few months.
This week was the final straw for me since he was very aggressive and blamed me for something that wasn’t my responsibility but apparently I’m also responsible for making sure that the department responsible for it gets it done. Like what?? I’m very conflicted because in two weeks, I’m going to be traveling for that project and it’s something I’ve been looking forward for months. But starting this week I just feel super indifferent and really wanting to just stop all this toxicity. I know the most sound thing to do is just to wait it out until at least the trip is over, but start looking for new jobs right this second. However right now I find myself just openly trying to get fired — commenting on job posts on LinkedIn openly, not responding to him, and such. I still do what I had to do and coordinate with other team members but I just want nothing to do with him and I openly want him to know that I’m done.
From a logical standpoint, I know this should have a simple solution. However, I am still very different and angry, and obviously conflicted because of the trip, but also not wanting to leave a ton of work to my other teammates. I also really love my main job at that same company since my manager for that department is a sweetheart. But I really don’t wanna deal with him any longer.
Thoughts?