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<li>Subtly adopt her mannerisms, become a mini-me down to style of dress, manner of speaking, walking. It will drive her crazy.</li>
<li>(extreme) Body piercings, blatant tattoos</li>
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<li> Sarcastic faux-praise works too!</li>
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<p>Come to work at 10 and leaves at 3, take 1 hour for lunch in between, daily.</p>
<p>I like the funny answers, but the real answer is to complain about your new boss to her boss.</p>
<p>No. Don’t get fired. Get your boss fired and become the boss yourself.</p>
<p>How to get your boss fired: come up with a better way to manage your group. Present your proposals to your boss’s boss. </p>
<p>It is possible that this will backfire and get you fired, but in that case, you got fired for a much better reason and your boss’s boss will probably write you a decent referral.</p>
<p>Barge into the president’s office and start to spill beans…</p>
<p>Most companies have a clause in the severance contract which stipulates no severance for “cause.” I suspect your company has such a clause and that if you are fired, they will find a reason and that you will not get severance.</p>
<p>“I like the funny answers, but the real answer is to complain about your new boss to her boss.”</p>
<p>Hunt, you must work in a much more rational place than I do. Going over your Boss’ head to complain about him/her and bring about the Boss’ departure? Hmmm.</p>
<p>In today’s world, when you get to a certain age, unless you are comfortable with the idea of never working again, getting fired is ill-advised. No matter what your qualifications, it is mighty difficult to get full-time employment and benefits. Contractual work, part-time work, yes - employers love you, but not a full-time gig. My guess is that VH is mostly fantasizing about getting fired. </p>
<p>Hang in there, VH!</p>
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No, I meant that this is likely to bring about your own departure–but it doesn’t involve anything unethical or lazy.</p>
<p>Sorry Hunt. I misunderstood. Yes, your suggestion is a good one!</p>
<p>Sometimes if you get wind of the fact that a layoff will be occurring, you can request a layoff and then you get the bennies/severance.</p>
<p>This may have been mentioned already, but some severances are attached to a non-compete.</p>
<p>I’m dyslexic & I read this thread as I really want to get * fried*.
Do that at work & that should do the trick.</p>
<p>Non-compete is a lost cause in my state, because it cannot be structured in a way that would prevent the person from gaining employment. PhD scientists, for example, have very unique, somewhat narrowed down to one field skill sets, and it is highly unlikely for them to find jobs outside of their field (where every co can be competitor of the others). As long as one does not steal trade secrets, lure his former colleagues away and such, non-compete has little or no effect.</p>
<p>Best laugh of the morning goes to EK</p>
<p>I give a memo to all my new hires titled “How to Get Fired, or What Not To Do If You Want To Keep Your Job”. The disclaimer is that every single thing I mention is something that someone actually did on the job – and that they no longer work for me.</p>
<p>It begins with DO NOT SMOKE POT IN THE BATHROOM and continues with DO NOT LIE DOWN AND GO TO SLEEP IN THE DOG FOOD AISLE. I have about 2 pages of practically unbelievable things – WE HAVE A DRESS CODE. DO NOT SHOW UP IN SWIM TRUNKS and more …</p>
<p>Unfortunately for Very Happy, I don’t think that many of the items will be useful in her quest, but I would be happy to send VH a copy anyway!</p>
<p>Have a three martini lunch every day and forego the breath mints.</p>
<p>^ The trick is to smell drunk and still be under 0.1% if tested.</p>
<p>“Always drink gin with a mark, kid. They can never tell if it’s cut.”</p>
<p>OH VH…what happened to the last boss…wasn’t that one OK?</p>
<p>I agree with others…unless this is what the company wants…this boss will be gone too within a short time. This will be especially true if the worker bees start to bail. </p>
<p>Was this one promoted from within or an outside hire? </p>
<p>Yikes.</p>