Anonymous
07/26/2025 16:46
Subject: Insulating
Anonymous wrote:Leaving my job is not an option right now but I’m wondering how you insulate or protect yourself when work is a sh*t show at best most days. I work in k-12 education leadership but I am not a school leader. I have a new boss and second in command who is leading from a place of compliance and borderline inappropriate jokes. She is missing the strategic leadership that I and others are accustomed to. So question is - how do you insulate for that?
Tomorrow we have a 6.5 hour long in person kick off meeting for the year that isn’t fully planned and she doesn’t want or need help to finish up.
What would you do? What should I do?
Exactly. Lay low and start looking. Get out.
Anonymous
07/22/2025 14:36
Subject: Insulating
Anonymous wrote:You worry about yourself, not the organization while you search for a new job.
It's sounds awful and it felt awful, but that's pretty much the advice I got in a similar situation and it was the truth.
I did what I needed to do to keep myself on good terms and to keep my job. If my higher ups wanted to destroy the organization, there was nothing I could do about it. Eventually I just quit without having a job lined up. Was unemployed for 3 weeks before getting one that paid 40K more a year, so don't give up hope.
Thanks for the reply and advice! You’re right! This is what I would tell my best friend too
Anonymous
07/22/2025 13:37
Subject: Insulating
You worry about yourself, not the organization while you search for a new job.
It's sounds awful and it felt awful, but that's pretty much the advice I got in a similar situation and it was the truth.
I did what I needed to do to keep myself on good terms and to keep my job. If my higher ups wanted to destroy the organization, there was nothing I could do about it. Eventually I just quit without having a job lined up. Was unemployed for 3 weeks before getting one that paid 40K more a year, so don't give up hope.
It's sounds awful and it felt awful, but that's pretty much the advice I got in a similar situation and it was the truth.
I did what I needed to do to keep myself on good terms and to keep my job. If my higher ups wanted to destroy the organization, there was nothing I could do about it. Eventually I just quit without having a job lined up. Was unemployed for 3 weeks before getting one that paid 40K more a year, so don't give up hope.
Anonymous
07/22/2025 13:29
Subject: Insulating
Leaving my job is not an option right now but I’m wondering how you insulate or protect yourself when work is a sh*t show at best most days. I work in k-12 education leadership but I am not a school leader. I have a new boss and second in command who is leading from a place of compliance and borderline inappropriate jokes. She is missing the strategic leadership that I and others are accustomed to. So question is - how do you insulate for that?
Tomorrow we have a 6.5 hour long in person kick off meeting for the year that isn’t fully planned and she doesn’t want or need help to finish up.
What would you do? What should I do?
Tomorrow we have a 6.5 hour long in person kick off meeting for the year that isn’t fully planned and she doesn’t want or need help to finish up.
What would you do? What should I do?