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But why not you? Why not try? Have the courage and morals and try to make a change. At the very least, stand up for your beliefs. Get fired for going to battle

• steveBK123 6y ago
  Certainly try. You can document things, escalate where appropriate, etc. Remember documentation is just your word against someone else's. Toxic managers are usually smart enough to never respond with toxicity in electronic form. I am generally against the idea that a long, open campaign against a specific more senior individual is likely to succeed. Often times the supervisor of toxic managers are very aware of their toxicity but accepted it either as a tradeoff or in some cases actually like it. A lot of these guys will burn it all down on the way out too. I worked in a team that was having 40% annual turnover for 5 years. In the final year the toxic guy 3 levels up C (A->B->C) forced my boss' boss B to fire my boss A, then fired the firer B a couple weeks later. Finally when this was all over C himself resigned a couple months later. Given his seniority and the time it takes to find a job at his level, he knew he was going to leave when he forced the final culling. He let A&B stay around for 5+ years and then when he knew he wouldn't have to face the consequences.. he whacked them and resigned. Apparently the replacement for C is worse.. because the CTO all the way at the top is.. into that.