I am struggling mentally to the point of really not knowing how to cope. My work is horrendous, my boss is a bully who has no idea how to manage a team, but doesn’t stop blaming me for his decisions, being rude to me, interrupting me/ not letting me get a word in, and recently threatening with firing me (for no reason - he just says that “things aren’t working”, but doesn’t say anything constructive and finishes the conversation there). He has on occasion told me how he’s toying with firing a colleague of mine, but doesn’t say anything to her and I don’t know if he’s serious. I am the breadwinner in my family and the levels of anxiety it gives me are enormous, I am bending over backwards to do what he wants but in the end he changes his mind and nothing is right anyway.
I have been sending my CV around for over a year, but my industry is going through a terrible time with people getting made redundant in similar firms. I haven’t had one single interview.
I can’t formally complain about his behaviour because he’s the main decision maker and everyone works for him anyway, it’s a small company.
there is literally nowhere for me to turn. I think he’s under pressure and is making me his scape goat, but it’s so incredibly unfair. He knows I need a job while he has so much money. He threatened me again today, told me how nothing is working (just an hour after making some bad decisions into which he categorically wanted no input) and how “this” isn’t working. I know I’m doing a good job objectively, I’m experienced enough to know this and this is the first time this has happened to me. He has a string of ex employees who all despise him.
ugh. Can anyone relate? What do I do?