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The Difficult Boss Podcast with Fexingo: Managing Up, Toxic Managers, and Workplace Survival
by Fexingo
Every workplace has that boss — the one who micromanages, the one who takes credit, the one who makes you dread Mondays. On The Difficult Boss Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dissect real-world cases of toxic management and teach you how to survive and even thrive under them. Drawing on anonymized stories from Fortune 500 employees, HR whistleblowers, and organizational psychology studies, they map the tactics of difficult bosses: gaslighting, credit theft, impossible deadlines, favoritism, and the silent treatment. Lucas, a business journalist, brings the data — turnover rates linked to abusive supervision, cost of disengagement, legal precedents around hostile work environments. Luna, an engaged interlocutor, brings the human side — how to set boundaries without getting fired, when to escalate, and how to manage up without losing yourself. Together, they test strategies like the 'grey rock method', structured documentation, and strategic ally-building. Each episode opens with a
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Every workplace has that boss — the one who micromanages, the one who takes credit, the one who makes you dread Mondays. On The Difficult Boss Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dissect real-world cases of toxic management and teach you how to survive and even thrive under them. Drawing on anonymized stories from Fortune 500 employees, HR whistleblowers, and organizational psychology studies, they map the tactics of difficult bosses: gaslighting, credit theft, impossible deadlines, favoritism, and the silent treatment. Lucas, a business journalist, brings the data — turnover rates linked to abusive supervision, cost of disengagement, legal precedents around hostile work environments. Luna, an engaged interlocutor, brings the human side — how to set boundaries without getting fired, when to escalate, and how to manage up without losing yourself. Together, they test strategies like the 'grey rock method', structured documentation, and strategic ally-building. Each episode opens with a
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