Surviving a Tyrant at Work

Re:Surviving a Tyrant at Work by jarjoura on Sunday November 12, 2017 @12:28PM (#15681598)

I don't know if that's universally true. Some of my best work has been under tyrants. I think as long as we have shared expectations and the "tyrant" genuinely believes in the success of the project, I do not think you should always avoid working with them. Life priorities always change and obviously you should be careful of burnout, but if you have the bandwidth to work on a project with them in your life, I don't think you should avoid it just because.

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Re:Surviving a Tyrant at Work by bitL on Sunday November 12, 2017 @05:28PM (#15682944)

You might be co-dependent. You see it often with narcissists that need their crowds of admirers, and co-dependents that need to admire somebody. It doesn't work for most people though.

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Re:Surviving a Tyrant at Work by jarjoura on Sunday November 12, 2017 @07:42PM (#15683430)

Eh for a time that was most definitely true.

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Re:Surviving a Tyrant at Work by ellius on Sunday November 12, 2017 @12:52PM (#15681727)

I think it’s a question of whether they’re a tyrant for themselves. A lot of people that act like tyrants are clearly just in it for the power trip.

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