Gee! Why didn't "I" think of that! /S

That doesn't work for ADHD when you have a bad week, impulse buy, Savings are almost impossible, (we're terrible with long term planning) and I have everything in my calendar when it comes out. I have been burned so many time with auto debits coming out double, or early.. or getting paid late.

Also, I don't have a credit card, because Credit cards are the LAST thing ADHD with impulse control issues, should have.

I used to have one, and got 20K in the hole before I was diagnosed.

Sure as HELL not doing that again.

Yeah ironically I screw up my life when I am NOT on (legally prescribed) drugs.

I wasn't diagnosed until I was 27, and it's how I ended up becoming a Project manager because Project management frame work is the only effective way I found to offset and manage my dysfunction, and not end up unemployed and homeless because I could barely function in any modern workplace, as an IT person.

Modern Open plan offices, are ADHD hell and we get ZERO accommodations and have to work around it as best I can. Noise cancelling headphones are a godsend.

Also, the "real time credit reporting" we are in nowadays, means my credit rating is an absolute tire fire, as I am constantly late paying bills etc, or forgetting I have auto debits coming out, etc.

I have given up on being able to ever get a house.

So yeah, I would trade a slight creative advantage, to be able to function to the best of my ability.

You can prepare yourself and know the signs

I suggest reading

* Working with Monsters - John Clarke
* Snakes in Suits - Robert D. Hare

Almost all bullies have some sort of Cluster B personality disorder (Narcissism, Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic) and the quicker you spot them the better. Odds are you won't see the mask slip until you've been in the job a few months.

Once you have realised you have a bully boss you should

1. DOCUMENT EVERYTHING - Keep a diary and follow up any verbal conversation with an email of "per our convo "

2. Make an escape plan - Most bully bosses are a sign of deeper issues at the company, if they have been allowed to stay and cause issues, it means management either doesn't know or doesn't care about all the staff issues / high turn over that a bully with cause.

3. Pull the pin - Having escaped to a better job, send all your documentation to the Company HR and your bosses senior management via a safe side channel, alerting them to what's happening. At best though, the bully will be sacked and end up somewhere else, at worst they (management) won't care. If you're lucky they might try and get you to come back for helping them, but usually not.