Employee Creates Course On Dealing With Bully Bosses — Makes Millions
There are so many assholes out there
When Tommy Smith* was screamed at by his bully boss, he took the helmet and flak jacket off for the final time, quit on the spot, and never looked back.
The following day he launched a course on “How to survive your bully boss.” He thought his newly found home business would be slow growth. That he would gradually market the program and create it as he went. No.
As soon as he put the bully boss survival course out there on his social media, the inquiries started pouring in. Not one. Not two. Thousands. Thousands of people wanted help with their bully boss situations and were experiencing the same phenomenon.
“The overtly entitled bully boss who thinks they’re the shit” is a huge problem. They are mean and insecure — men and women.
I wish Tommy Smith* was a real person and that this story was true.
What is true is that there are bully bosses causing a great deal of damage to people’s lives. Here is the best definition I can find from this article in Forbes by Kathy Caprino entitled, “Is Your Boss a True Bully? How To Tell And What To Do About It.”
…an abusive or bullying boss deliberately provides you with false or misleading information, humiliates you in public, calls you demeaning names, puts the blame on you, and treats you like a servant. They will steal your good ideas and attempt to “get you” if you don’t comply with their demands. They are prone to public displays of anger and attack the person on a personal level rather than criticizing their work. They insist on passive followers who pledge blind allegiance.
If you find yourself on the receiving end of one of these bully bosses, you have choices. Remember that they don’t control you or your thoughts or your life — even if it feels like it at the moment. They only hold sway over the time you are at work.
Put a bubble of tranquility around yourself until you can decide your next steps. Every person has their own way out. The bully boss wins if you react versus respond. Don’t let them win.
Jennifer Friebely is a New York-based content writer covering stories from personal development, marketing, and productivity to politics and music to whatever idea strikes. She has a 30+ year background in marketing and advertising and holds a BA in Political Science. Email her at [email protected].