'Boss forbids me from emailing/communicating with upper management': Boss tries to control employee's communications, employee uses his own write-up as evidence against her

Imagine having a boss who's so controlling, she won't ever let you talk to any higher-up in the company. This dude had to deal with exactly that when he got a new boss who had it out for him.

U/Analytica0 writes that his new boss at a big organization was nice at first. But after a few months, the OP got a tip from other workers that his boss was out to get him. By the eighth month of her tenure there, she told the OP that he shouldn't be calling or emailing any higher-ups. Ever.

Now, although this woman went to some extremes here, a lot of bosses feel this way. Whether they say it or not, they think you shouldn't be talking with the big bosses. It's not ideal, but for a lot of managers, their own bosses are pretty hard on them. Talking with upper management might make your boss think you're usurping them. That will put you in their bad graces whether you intended to or not! The OP's boss was just very brazen about telling him what to do.

He writes that he could have contacted HR, but that they wouldn't have been much help. With a boss like this, it seems like that's the only way to gain any control over the situation. At least the OP found a different workaround!

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