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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. I worked for someone who, no shit, was a textbook psychopath. We did much better than you did though - one of the things our boss was good at was hiring truly good people. So each time he did, one of us would take the new person aside and say "It's not you; it's him. WE are all very, VERY direct. Do NOT believe anything he says to you about us. If any of us have a problem, we speak to each other directly. We back each other, and we assume the best of each other. Ok?"

And it really worked. So when we left the firm and went somewhere new, it was just "Oh yeahhhhh, THIS is how it's supposed to be! I remember this type of environment!"

Also, this is kind of an aside, but I find in general that if I treat people as if of COURSE they are mature and professional, they rise close to that occasion. It helps them curb their immaturity, passive-aggressiveness, etc. [/quote]

I'm not op, but pp who went through this, too. That's an investing coping strategy. I had debated about doing something like that for our new innocent hires but was always worried about being seen as the gossip poisoning the well. In most cases the evil manager showed her true colors soon enough that new hires realized it, but there were a few she "recruited" to her side by telling them that there rest of us were the bad guys and that she was the martyr. I'm glad it worked out for you, though![/quote]

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