Ruin your career by poisoning your relationship with your boss. They control opportunities. Ignore this reality if you enjoy career purgatory.
You don’t need an enemy at work. But you can make one if you follow these steps.
12 Career Poison Pills
- Bring up advancement during every conversation. Remind them you’re gunning for their job.
- Critique their ideas without offering solutions.
- Pout when you don’t get your way. Refuse to back any decision you didn’t make.
- Turn molehills into mountains. Feed the office drama machine.
- Pursue your personal agenda. Ignore the mission.
- Ask for favors. Complain when they don’t spend their collateral on you.
- Expect big projects before proving you can handle small ones.
- Make sure every win revolves around you. Hog the spotlight.
- Perfect the art of blame-shifting. Make, “It’s not my fault” your mantra.
- Make a list of your boss’s weaknesses. Celebrate them often. Extra points for doing it publicly.
- Go on attack when you receive feedback. Defend. Explain why they’re wrong.
- Scorch the earth when you get fired.
Bonus: Crave constant praise. Wear insecurity like a badge of honor.
If you want to sink fast, make your boss your adversary. It hurts you more than it hurts them.
How do good people poison their careers?
Think Like the Boss to Become the Boss
Why Your Relationship With Your Boss Matters So Much | Psychology Today
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