As in actual boss, or middle management? Such situations suck, but it can make sense to try to understand their situation as well… middle management positions are often just forced to implement what the higher ups decide.

In one job there were three of us who were a tight-knit bunch. One of the things we loved to do was pick apart the project Gannt chart as obvious fiction that could never be met.

One of the three of us was elevated to middle management.

Within a week he was treating the Gannt chart we’d mocked for eight months together as a schedule with no wiggle room.

Management turns people into assholes.

Happens every time. I’ve seen this same thing happen three times in my life. Something about the title just immediately goes to the head.

Just tell them how they changed.