I trust my boss to look after his own ass first and will lay off the lot of us if things get hard. I don’t share my fears or much of my personal life with him, except for occasional small talk. I know that once I’m not in the room, he talks shit, because he does that with EVERYBODY. When it’s just the two of us in the office, it’s a not stop stream of shit-talking from my boss about everyone, his wife, his co-owner/son, his step kids, the guy at the grocery store, etc…. he sees the absolute worst in everyone and acts like betrayal lurks around every corner, under every leaf. Everyone is “a fucking moron” and “being stupid” and doing it wrong.
It’s exhausting to be around such negativity and mistrust, and I’ve been doing my best to adopt a sunny, optimistic disposition at work, to stay sane….. and as an act of defiance.
I guess the short answer would be: “Hell no.”