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Every workplace has that boss — the one who micromanages, the one who takes credit, the one who makes you dread Mondays. On The Difficult Boss Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dissect real-world cases of toxic management and teach you how to survive and even thrive under them. Drawing on anonymized stories from Fortune 500 employees, HR whistleblowers, and organizational psychology studies, they map the tactics of difficult bosses: gaslighting, credit theft, impossible deadlines, favoritism, and the silent treatment. Lucas, a business journalist, brings the data — turnover rates linked to abusive supervision, cost of disengagement, legal precedents around hostile work environments. Luna, an engaged interlocutor, brings the human side — how to set boundaries without getting fired, when to escalate, and how to manage up without losing yourself. Together, they test strategies like the 'grey rock method', structured documentation, and strategic ally-building. Each episode opens with a
Fexingo hosts The Difficult Boss Podcast with Fexingo: Managing Up, Toxic Managers, and Workplace Survival, a business show with 107 episodes published.
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a common but often unaddressed workplace challenge: the boss who simply never gives feedback. Whether it's radio silence on your projects or vague one-word responses, this lack of g
Lucas and Luna tackle a frustrating workplace dynamic: the boss who enthusiastically hands off a project, says 'you've got this,' and then vanishes into a vortex of silence. You're left making critical decisions alone, u
In this episode of The Difficult Boss Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a common workplace nightmare: the boss who never shares credit. Lucas opens with the story of a product manager at a midsize SaaS company who watched h
Ever feel like you're working harder than your boss? That's called overfunctioning, and it's a trap. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the dynamic where employees take on responsibilities that actually belong to
Lucas and Luna explore workplace gaslighting — when a boss makes you doubt your own reality. They break down a 2023 study from the Journal of Applied Psychology showing that 22% of employees report gaslighting from a sup
Episode 128 of The Difficult Boss Podcast. Lucas and Luna tackle a particularly insidious workplace problem: the boss who undermines you behind closed doors with senior leaders. They break down a real-world case from a F
Episode 127 of The Difficult Boss Podcast tackles a specific and draining workplace dynamic: the boss who uses you as their emotional dumping ground. Lucas opens with a real-world case from a JPMorgan trading desk in 202
Episode 126 of The Difficult Boss Podcast tackles the tricky dynamic of managing a boss who plays favorites. Lucas and Luna dive into a real-world example: a marketing team at a mid-sized consumer goods company where one
In this episode, Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky workplace dynamic: what to do when your boss takes credit for work that originated from another team or department. Using the real-world example of a marketing campaign at
Lucas and Luna tackle one of the most frustrating workplace situations: a boss who simply doesn't invest in your development. Drawing on a 2025 LinkedIn study showing that 63% of employees who left a job cited lack of gr
Lucas and Luna tackle a tricky workplace dynamic: what do you do when your boss perceives you as a competitor rather than an ally? They break down the telltale signs — being left out of key decisions, having your contrib
In Episode 122 of The Difficult Boss Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a workplace blindspot: the boss who expects you to be reachable during PTO. They break down the hidden cost of 'just checking email' on vacation — citin
If your boss habitually rewrites your emails, reports, or presentations — changing wording, tone, or structure without clear reason — you're not alone. This episode of The Difficult Boss Podcast explores why some manager
Lucas and Luna tackle a frustrating workplace dynamic: when your boss delegates personal errands—like booking their travel, ordering gifts, or managing their calendar—blurring the line between professional support and pe
In episode 119 of The Difficult Boss Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna tackle the micromanager—a boss who needs to approve every email, sit in on every call, and review every line of code. The hosts break down why mic
Episode 118 of The Difficult Boss Podcast tackles a quietly draining archetype: the boss who needs to be the smartest person in every conversation. Lucas and Luna explore how this pattern shows up in meetings, one-on-one
Lucas and Luna tackle a workplace survival classic: the information-hoarding boss. The episode drills into a 2025 study from the Journal of Organizational Behavior, which found that 38% of knowledge workers have a manage
What do you do when your boss is pathologically incapable of admitting a mistake? Hosts Lucas and Luna dissect a real case from a mid-size SaaS company where a VP of Sales would rather let a $400K deal collapse than say
When your boss is physically present only one or two days a week—or works from a different time zone—day-to-day management becomes your job. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the specific strategies for managing
Lucas and Luna tackle the hands-off boss who is perpetually unavailable—scheduling overbooked, replies glacial, decisions stalled. They break down a real case from a mid-size SaaS company where a product manager spent si
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