You can always quit. So let's keep resignation as a last resort for now. But you can't let the problem linger too long. If you're in a bad situation for more than two years, you've been dumbed down.
Bad bosses come in many varieties.
Shailendra Gupta worked for a brilliant technician at a consulting firm. But brilliance often breeds arrogance. With this manager, Mr. Gupta recalls, you could never win an argument. To manage this disagreeable boss, Mr. Gupta recruited other managers who were in the boss's good graces to pitch proposals. When the boss objected to a potential new hire that the staff liked, he and other managers used reverse psychology, saying they now agreed with the boss.