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Lots of people probably feel they can't stand their boss. I think the obvious answer is, get out of there. I mean you can't go to work and feel like you can't stand your boss.
But I think [you should] sit down and write down all the reasons why you feel you can't stand your boss, and if your boss is the ultimate manager in that business, then you got a problem. If your boss is one of many managers and you might be able to be moved then I think you need to be objective about why you're having issues with that person and look at them unemotionally. Try and ask some peers about what they think about how... Try and look at yourself, first of all, and wonder why you have this animosity between you and your boss, what can you do about it.
And if you look at all those things and you really feel there's nothing you else can do in that relationship, then I think you've seriously got to think about talking to someone more senior, talking to the Human Resources people about the issues you've got with that person, and asking them for guidance. And maybe you get moved to another area or another section in the business, maybe that person's got issues with you, that you might have done something that they've sort of harboured, that's coming across as really negative vibes towards you, so may be both of you need to be counselled.
But I think sitting there doing nothing is no good, just saying "I'm leaving" is no good. Because why should you leave a company because you hate your boss? Ok? So, have a look at it, trying to get the objectivity into it rather than the emotional feelings we all get when we got that sort of a clash of personality, and bring in where you can Human Resources people or more senior management to try and talk to that person because usually when you get to the point where you hate your boss, there's not a lot of chance of you and them working that out yourself, you need someone else to help you.
