# My new boss is a dick.  (long, boring)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-boss-is-a-dick-long-boring/507266>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 22, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-boss-is-a-dick-long-boring/507266 "2009-08-22T01:28:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-boss-is-a-dick-long-boring/507266/41 "2009-08-26T05:23:03Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> ]I was accused of that once but it turned out the prosecutor was insane.

OK, ya got me there.😉

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-boss-is-a-dick-long-boring/507266/42 "2009-08-27T14:08:15Z")

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> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#):
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> I would say you need to be extremely careful around this man. He is in the position of having to manage people with more expertise than he has, and that is not an acceptable balance of power for any manager.
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> He’s going to make your job depend on anything _but_ that expertise…ass kissing, picayune procedure, slights real or imagined.
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> I might start keeping a list of such incidents, just in case it ever comes time to go to HR.

First of all, HR is utterly useless in most organizations and I don’t know why people on this board keep advising it.

Second, it is very common for the boss to not have as much expertise as his employees. What you don’t want is a boss who is such an arrogant moron that that he feels threatened by everything and has to constantly overcompensate.

Here is a crazy idea for the OP. Why don’t you schedule some time with your boss and have a conversation with him about what a jackass he is being (don’t use that term though)? Just quitting everytime your boss is a jerk is a bit extreme.

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