Also had the bad megalomaniac sociopath boss for a bit just after the oil crash, when I was lucky to even have a job. Sounds brutal but I'm surprised there wasn't physical violence against this person, or someone commiting suicide (neither being myself - but that one experience taught me more empathy for mental health than any other career experience). HR was useless and scared of them. Eventually they "retired", but I still have PTSD from that.
More recently I quickly left another role due to a terrible boss who clearly wasn't on board with my hiring and effectively started executing a constructive dismissal within a few weeks including a PIP which was nothing but lies (was accused of stuff on projects I wasn't even involved in). Was nice to leave that on my own terms.
As others have said, a terrible boss (or workplace) is an extreme drain on your mental and physical health. It carries with you to home, relationships, decisions, sleep, dreams, exercise, and other life choices. If you REALLY REALLY think you can either stick it out (for whatever reason), you have to have a super thick skin and really truly DGAFF and also have a positive outlet instead of negative. Also start networking hard and get looking.
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