Situation · Work
“My boss demands total loyalty”
What could be going on
Demands loyalty: Fits exactly; check what happens to people who disagree.
Splitting: Fits if people are either all good or all bad to them.
All-or-nothing thinking: Fits if any disagreement means you're against them.
Paranoid personality: Fits if they are constantly suspicious of hidden disloyalty.
High-control groups and thought reform: Fits if the workplace controls information and punishes doubt.
Fusion versus intimacy: Fits if closeness to them depends on total agreement.
Questions to carry
- What had the last person who fell out of favour done or said?
- Which of my own opinions have I stopped saying at work to stay on the right side?
Also said as
- if you disagree with her you're a traitor
- my manager treats pushback as betrayal
- my founder wants blind loyalty
- he splits people into allies and enemies
- boss wants unconditional loyalty
- my manager sees disagreement as disloyalty