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Calvin Asks: How do I deal with a bad boss?

I started a job with an Electrician as an apprentice a few months ago. I'm 19 and finished college last summer. The man I'm working for is cutting corners, bodges stuff in and doesn't seem to care that he could be putting peoples lives and homes at risk. When I've questioned him on stuff that I think is wrong, he just fobs me off and says that I need to learn and no one ever strictly follows the regulations anyway. I'm scared if something goes wrong, I'll get the blame too.

I want to find someone else to work for but I'm worried he'll make it difficult for me? What can I do?

Junior spark - Dorset

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0 mapj1 over 5 years ago

"Calvin" is a creation of the admins, not a real person, and is a solution to allow potentially embarrassing problems to be aired without being to obvious who is asking - after all, the difficult customer or the 'bad boss' may read these posts too, and may even offer advice, unwittingly.

It is a very similar thinking to using the screen names, and maybe the demand for "Calvin" to voice the problems of others will fall now we have these.

The badges just reflect the status of the folk behind 'calvin' and his posts, its not really one person with a career that makes Mr Bean look fortunate, which is as well.
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0 mapj1 over 5 years ago

"Calvin" is a creation of the admins, not a real person, and is a solution to allow potentially embarrassing problems to be aired without being to obvious who is asking - after all, the difficult customer or the 'bad boss' may read these posts too, and may even offer advice, unwittingly.

It is a very similar thinking to using the screen names, and maybe the demand for "Calvin" to voice the problems of others will fall now we have these.

The badges just reflect the status of the folk behind 'calvin' and his posts, its not really one person with a career that makes Mr Bean look fortunate, which is as well.
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