It’s Time to Fire Your Boss

Daily Stretch #11: Regain your power at work

Daily Stretch #11: Regain your power at work

Work is making people miserable.

More than 50% of Americans are looking for a new job. Employees are not the only ones suffering. Managers are being blamed by everyone for everything that isn’t right.

Workplace frustration is a symptom of a deeper crisis as I wrote here. The whole work relationship is broken.

Before you quit your job, pause. What are you doing to improve things at work? Blaming your frustration on your manager won’t solve your problem.

Your boss is not the only one that has the power to change things. You have leverage too. Use it.

Fire your boss. Or, for starters, fire the boss-employee relationship that’s making you frustrated.

Today’s stretch: regain your power at work

“You never get what you deserve; only what you have the leverage to negotiate.” — Jalen Rose

Work, like any other relationship, is a two-way street. Each part has an equal share in making things work. I call it the 50–50 rule. You can’t blame your boss for everythi…