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Originally Posted by Have Hope
Thanks!
I had a recruiter once tell me that we all need to do our own “grandstanding” at work, as she put it. Meaning, let the higher ups know of your successes. And yes, it’s encouraged to share any success stories in our company meetings. I just got very humble and shy about it.
My boss does give positive feedback. But at the same time, he did not inform the CEO of my first major success with this client. It just makes me a bit skeptical and wary, especially since he himself has worked on this client account trying to resolve their challenges without much luck.
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If your gut intuition gave you the feeling that your boss is envious of your entrepreneurial spirit with work projects, and your previous bosses reacted the same way, I think it's a sign from the universe that maybe you should open your own company. At least consider it.
Toxic work environments seem to exist everywhere these days. Envious bosses are a plague on an employee's well-being at work as they like to minimize their employees success and thwart their movement forward. Evidence: the movie Horrible Bosses. It may be a farcical comedy, but it's definitely based on the truth and how corporate america belittles the worker who has the wherewithal to be a great success at their workplace, b/c "they" put an asinine boss in between the employee and the employee's recognition and success, as a roadblock.
All I can offer for advice is, let it roll off your back. If you confront your boss, he/she will use your assertive behavior against you and distort it to set you up for sabotage and failure. It sucks, but I don't see a way around this situation.