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@batgirl Hang in there–I’m in a similar boat. I came to this job because I liked working with the guy who hired me. 3 months after I started, we reorganized, and they stuck me with the most narcissistic, thoughtless, self-involved, egotistical moron ever to darken these doors. He blamed his screw ups on me and my coworkers, took all the glory and shared all the blame and had the never to give us bad reviews. He was since fired for sexual harassment, but it was the worst 2 years of my career.
Things are getting better now, and I’m just learning about my ADHD and how to manage it. I’m always trying to live up to what I think are people’s expectations, and that means never saying no. I ended up in the hospital twice because of that.
One thing I’ve done is to tell my new boss that the solution to this problem (whatever problem of the day is at hand) is not “Pete works harder.” That ends up with Pete in the hospital or dead and the company needs to hire someone new. This worked remarkably well. Makes me think there is something to this boundary setting thing.
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