Release Date: March 26th 2013

What do you do when the queen bee demands to know why you haven’t written the report she never asked for? Or when the colleague who you thought was your friend takes sole credit for the project you worked on together?

It’s hard to speak out about catty behavior, especially when it’s insidious or goes on behind your back. But you can usually sense when something’s “off”—particularly if you’re completely stressed out and hate the job you used to love. Let’s face it, ladies: there are plenty of nasty, manipulative, and destructive women in the workplace who fly under the radar while ruthless alpha males get all the bad press.

In Working with Bitches, psychologist Meredith Fuller offers practical advice on how to recognize and manage difficult women at work. She combines actual cases with tips that women can use right away to diffuse even the worst situations. Readers will learn how to deal with the eight types of “mean girls” they might face in the office and find powerful reassurance that they are not alone.

I have worked with plenty of bitches in my time and it is nice to have a book that points out the different kinds. I have a better understanding of these women and why they act like they do thanks to this book. While for the most part it won’t help me much in my current working situation it does help me not feel so hurt by those I have worked with in the past. I also think in the end it will help me be able to deal with any more bitches that I run across in the future in a better manner. It really is a problem that they have, not me. That is one thing you have to be able to tell yourself when working with women like this book points out, It really is not you.

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