The dirty little secret you didn't know about your manager

People worry WAY too much about getting fired:

"If I speak up about my workload I'll lose my job."

"If I ask for a raise they'll replace me."

"If I give my boss candid feedback I'll get axed."

The truth?

Your boss is even more worried that you're going to quit than you are about getting fired

Seriously. Good employees are hard to find. Really hard. It can take months to fill an open role. It can take half a year for new employees to reach full productivity.

You manager is compensated based on their team's success

When good people leave, the whole team is impacted. Productivity suffers. Deliverables are delayed. It makes the manager look bad and puts their own job at risk.

The LAST thing your manager wants to do is fire you

You would probably have to break into their home and steal their furniture to risk being fired. Speaking up, asking for what you want, even saying hard things to your boss aren't going to cost you your job.

In fact, your boss sometimes wakes up in a cold sweat

Losing good people is the #1 worry of a manager. They're worried you are secretly unhappy. They're worried that someone is going to lure you away. They're worried that you are already interviewing somewhere else.

You hold power—way more than you think

Good employees are rocket fuel. If you're good at your job, your manager isn't waiting to pounce on that one slip-up so they can fire you.

Quite the opposite—they're worried every day that you're going to leave.