coping with a bad boss theme

Someone copes with a boss who makes their work or life at the workplace difficult.

Examples

Riker had a rough go of it working under the command of the no-nonsense Captain Jellico in tng6x10 "Chain of Command, Part I".

40 total · 3 choice · 16 major · 21 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) choice Captain Bligh was a brutal tyrant who routinely prescribed harsh punishment for officers and crew alike. He was also corrupt and had misappropriated supplies that were meant for the welfare of his crew.
rbt1985e2x10 choice Terwilliger, a stop-motion animator, was driven to his wits' end by the tyrannical producer, Mr. Clarence. The animator decided to get revenge by crafting a tyrannical T-Rex in the producer's image, and cast it as a villain in the very film that the produced had commissioned him to make.
tng6x10 choice Riker :: Riker among others at Jellico
as1985e2x01 major Lois was bullied by her unsympathetic boss Haggerty at the diner. She eventually quit. In the end, the boss got what he had coming to him when he chanced upon a mysterious ring that Herbert had wisely discarded.
blackmirror7x06 major A recurring theme was the mean way by which James Walton treated his employees. He insulted them at every turn and generally treated them like dirt. Kabir quit in protest.
ds94x16 major Rom with Quark
futurama2x02 major Kif had to put up with Brannigan. Fry and Bender saw Leela as a task master and mutinied against her with the help of Brannigan.
nightgallery1x06a major Randolph's boss neglected to treat him with dignity.
rd1988e2x05 major The crew were exasperated when the new no-nonsense Red Dwarf ship computer, Queeg 500, put the crew through the ringer.
tftc1989e2x16 major The television crew generally hated their arrogant, over-bearing star, Horton Rivers.