The Toxic Boss

Tag: healing

  • “We Trust You to Manage Your Own Time” Means You’re Always On

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    “We trust you to manage your own time.” It sounds empowering.Modern.Adult. But in a lot of workplaces, it’s not trust. It’s removal of boundaries. Freedom Without Protection This phrase usually arrives alongside flexibility. Work from anywhere.Set your own hours.Take ownership. But what quietly disappears is the end of the workday. No clear start.No clear finish.Just…

  • “Let’s Circle Back” Is How Problems Go to Die

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    “Let’s circle back.” It sounds collaborative.Non-confrontational.Reasonable. But in most workplaces, it means one thing: This is not getting fixed. The Soft Dismissal “Let’s circle back” usually appears when something uncomfortable is raised. A broken process.An unrealistic deadline.A decision that doesn’t make sense. No one argues with you.No one disagrees. They just delay. And delay is…

  • The Day You Realise You Cannot Do Corporate Anymore

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    It does not happen all at once. At first, you convince yourself the frustration is normal. Every job has bad days. Every company has politics. Every boss has flaws. You tell yourself it will get better. You tell yourself to stick it out. But then one day, something shifts. A meeting, a comment, a decision…