horrible boss

Learn how to handle a boss who keeps asking about your fertility treatments or suggests you delay having kids. This 27-slide, magazine-style advice article explains your legal rights, how to set boundaries, when to report the behavior, and how to protect yourself in a hostile workplace—all with clarity, empathy, and humor.

It never occurred to me that one day I’d be forced to pay my boss out of pocket just for showing up late to a Zoom call. But recently, I discovered that my manager had invented his own strange rule: if you’re late, even by a minute, you owe him five dollars on Venmo. At first, I thought it was some kind of odd joke, but I quickly realized he was serious.