[HairOfTheDog]

My boss is being targeted by his bosses and he, in turn, is coming down on us.

This happened at a place I had a great time working.... My better-than-average boss at the time gave us all a pep-talk... He had two problems.... His superiors were out to get him, and his staff was sniping and tattling on each other. He said "Your job as a department is to protect me from the outside, and protect each other from me." I think it is a pretty good teambuilding strategy myself.... and for him, it worked. For a time. He was a mover and shaker and he didn't last long there, but when he left, so did we.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

Normally, that would be a great strategy...if my boss happened to be "better than average".

Sadly, he's not. He has no experience in this field whatsoever. Many times, we end up showing him how to do his job.