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## [Is Your Boss Making You Miserable?](https://info.hoganassessments.com/blog/is-your-boss-making-you-miserable)

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Bad bosses are all around, and if you’ve been in the workforce long, odds are you’ve worked for one. But what effect do they have on the workforce? Are they the morale-killing monsters we make them out to be? We asked 577 people. This is what they said.

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