Bully Bosses

[blueangel]

I have a woman in my judo class (I teach judo on the side) who is being tormented by her boss. She's been at her corporation a very long time, and doesn't want to leave.

She's been asking my advice, and, having had no experience with that kind of situation, I don't know what to suggest to her. Since there are a lot of professionals here, I thought maybe some of you might have some advice for her.

She works on Wall Street in a corporation that is mostly men. Not quite sure of her job-- has something to do with foreign currency trading. (She's got a pretty powerful position)

Her boss is very overweight (we think he has issues relating to that) and is VERY intelligent-- to the point of setting psychological traps for her. She says she feels like she's always walking on eggshells around him because she never knows what mood he's going to be in.

He micromanages her, and finds fault with everything she does. Unfortunately, he's buddies with the vice president of the company-- which further complicates things. (You know-- the "good 'ole boys network).

Have you ever had a boss that made your life miserable? Short of quitting, what did you do?