How to Handle a Tyrant Boss

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How to Handle a Tyrant Boss

Bob Weinstein

May 14, 2007





Is your boss a tyrant of Machiavellian proportions? If it makes you feel better, you’re not alone. According to a recent study by the Employment Law Alliance, almost half of all employees have been targeted by a bully boss.
 
The study also revealed the following:
  • 81 percent of bullies are managers
  • 50 percent of bullies are women and 50 percent are men
  • 84 percent of targets are women
  • 82 percent of targets ultimately lost their jobs
  • 95 percent of bullying is witnessed
Most disturbing is that only 7 percent of workplace bullies end up censured, transferred or fired.



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