It's never your job to empathize with your manager. They get paid more to manage you. If your manager needs coddling, you're managing them. Or you're being a fr

It's never your job to empathize with your manager. They get paid more to manage you. If your manager needs coddling, you're managing them. Or you're being a friend; but as a subordinate they are responsible for enabling you, not the other way around. When I'm a lead/mentor, I know my job is to protect and enable people. When I'm a cog in the machine, I expect leadership to have their shit together. When leadership doesn't have their shit together, I quit.