So my boss recently called me in to have mostly his wife yell at me, both owners of the business, because I was talking badly about them to other employees and it got back to them. Fine. I am a good employee, recently promoted, clients are always complimenting me on my work performance, etc.
Anyway, I'm more educated than my boss', working on a PhD in my own time (which his wife scoffed at during our meeting and neither of them have which, I mean, it's funny I was scoffed at given this is an education based field of employment) and that has never reflected on my pay scale or in consulting me with anything or with asking my advice on anything. At least, anything meaningful where I wasn't just being placated. For reference on this guy, just the other day he told me he just came up with an idea. As he told me I realized this was my idea I told him a few days ago during the meeting and they told me it wouldn't work and it wouldn't make sense. Now he's telling me my idea presenting it as his and telling me we're going to do his idea. Fucking cool dude.
He also told me I should be grateful that I like the employees I work with because he hired them. I was like… What? By that logic then I should be ungrateful for all the employees I dislike lol. He also lost a few clients due to poor managing and said they should've been more grateful. Personally, I side with the clients. Pissing off clients, letting them leave your business and then getting mad that they should've been more grateful is Trump behavior. If everywhere you walk it smells like shit, check your shoes.
Anyway just looking for advice where I can stand up for myself and not have it be taken as a personal sleight or as my insubordination. But I kinda feel like small men with glass egos who call their wives into work to yell at employees for events she wasn't even present for are always going to be threatened by everything.
Edit: I've also noticed some light wage theft going on at the business as well…