Look, nobody is perfect. Even good bosses have their bad days. Deadlines creep up, pressure from above increases, sales go down, or maybe even just a bad cold can make a good boss irritable on any given day.
However, and this is what is important, if the abuse or bad behavior is continual or even close to it (3 out of every 5 work days are bad) then there is a problem and you need to know when enough is enough.
How will you know this? The warning signs are clear and you need to be able to recognize them.
For starters, you will begin to feel bad. Suddenly, you're not as happy at work as you used to be. That smile on your face is not there as much.
Then you begin to feel that it IS your own fault…that somehow you really ARE a screwup and your boss is just giving you the truth. The problem with this theory is, real screwups don't care what their boss thinks or does. They just keep being screwups. The fact that you feel badly means you are NOT a screwup.
Eventually what happens is that the bullying starts to affect you outside of the office. You start bringing the stress home and taking it out on others.
That's when you know it's time to either confront your boss or get out of the situation altogether.
No job, no matter how much the pay, is worth it.
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