Workplace wellbeing: How to deal with a bad boss 

Whether your boss is a micromanager, ghost or bully, there are strategies you can use to confront their behaviour. But if all efforts fail,  be prepared to quit and find work elsewhere.  

Difficult managers can have a significant negative influence within an organisation, leading to emotional exhaustion and job insecurity in employees. Picture: iStock

Paula*, an office worker in her early 40s, had been working in her field for over a decade when she started working in a new organisation. 

"I felt confident in my abilities by that stage,” she says. “I knew I was able to do my job.”