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This behavior is not a loving invitation for a new person to join the team. It is a power move. It sends a message that you are replaceable, whereas your job is desirable enough to be filled by a multitude of other staffers. Employment should be a mutually enriching experience where both parties grow together, not a competition about who can get staffed and who can get filled.

If these behaviors sound familiar, you may be in a job that suffers from narcissism, low self-esteem, or full-blown personnelity disorder. Should you find yourself in a string of abusive jobs, you may consider spending some time just working for yourself. The most important employment contract you'll ever have is the one you negotiate with yourself.

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We all deserve jobs that value us for our true selves, jobs that don't try to control us or make us more "productive" than we naturally are. Unfortunately, those jobs have all been taken by someone younger and more employable than we are. The best we can do is try not to repeat the dysfunction of our old jobs and create a better workplace for our future direct reports (if you decide to one day have direct reports).

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