in too hard your days are probably going to be numbered. I think it's better to expect fair treatment, but if that doesnt get you anywhere youve got to give in and just leave on your terms when you find something better. I've seen people far too many times take a hard stand and end up getting blindsided by either being fired or forced out. I'd much rather be in control of when I leave. 100% right. The day you refuse work (as opposed to talking it out and trying to come to a different resolution) is the day your boss starts thinking about whether she still wants you on her team. Because as unreasonable as your boss might be being, she thinks it's an acceptable request. You can still leave over it -- but as Joey says, do it on your own terms, not theirs. In a previous (dysfunctional workplace) job, where people got away with murder as long as they were charming, there was a particular department who, every month without fail, would sit on completing reports until after the last minute, which would then be dumped on me to be processed immediately. My boss walked in with the stack of reports one day and told me she needed it processed that day. I was in the middle of another stack of work, and I told her that I would get the new reports done, but it wouldn't be today, because I had other work to do and