# Can anyone help me with a work problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-with-a-work-problem/1003723 "2024-07-04T14:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-with-a-work-problem/1003723/17 "2024-07-04T16:31:22Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > You are 100% along for the ride here. You have exactly zero influence over what your boss or her upline does or doesn’t do. Yes–my goal here is not to change the overall situation, but to adapt and survive for a few more months. It would not be good for me to be fired, but it’s also not good for me to find another job now for many complicated reasons. A lot of this is healthcare-related, and my life will be a lot harder if I can’t wait until September to find another job. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > One of the things prisoners learn is to not torture yourself by anticipating the next beating. They’ll deliver it when and how they want _and thre’s not a damned thing you can do about it_. Getting to acceptance on the italic part is essential to surviving the experience unshattered. Very true! I’m trying very hard to be a calm rock in a river, but this has been going on for a while, it’s been a rough year for a lot of other reasons, and I’m starting to feel a little more stressed. **kenobi\_65** , thanks. I will be meeting with someone who is on the lower end of upper management (but probably not until week after next). At this point he also is in the “give her a break” group, so I’m not sure if it will be successful, but maybe it will plant a seed of doubt in his mind! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-with-a-work-problem/1003723)._