Situation · Work
“My boss blames me for everything that goes wrong”
What could be going on
One person is blamed for everything: Fits if blame lands on you regardless of who was involved.
Scapegoating: Fits if blaming you lets the boss or team avoid their own failure.
Projection: Fits if they accuse you of exactly the faults they show.
Displacement: Fits if the blame comes after pressure from their own boss.
Family roles (golden child, scapegoat, lost child, mascot): Check whether you have been the blamed one before, in family or past jobs.
Organisational justice: Check whether the process for judging mistakes is fair and applied to everyone.
Questions to carry
- The last time something went wrong, how fast did the blame come, and who else was involved?
- When the blame lands, what do I start doing to prove myself?
Also said as
- I'm always the one who gets blamed
- my manager makes me the scapegoat
- whatever happens it's my fault according to her
- why does my boss always pick on me
- boss makes me the fall guy
- my supervisor pins every mistake on me