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"If yau Gan'tbe open and say to your boss, '1don't know where to gofrom here,' then l would say that there needs to be a change, Bosses are there (lwpefully) because they have had more experience in the nitty-gritty and are now using their experience to help guide others, "
One reader who complained of having a difficult boss warned, 'Tou have to guard yourself against talking back because it may be held against you in thefutuTe."
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