There’s a genre of career content that has dominated the internet, the kind that’s upbeat, aspirational, and perhaps mildly delusional. Believe in yourself! Lean in! Your boss is rooting for you! But Colleen Bordeaux’s content is decidedly not that. The former Deloitte leader turned founder of Growth Inc. has built a devoted following on Instagram by doing something disarmingly simple: telling you what your boss is actually thinking.
Worried your boss has favorites? They almost certainly do, and if you’re waiting for them to feel bad about it, Bordeaux would like to remind you that they’re not your mother. Wondering what your manager really thinks when you complain about your coworker for the third time this week? That you should probably learn how to work it out yourselves, because they didn’t sign up to be a referee. Convinced your boss is ignoring your Slack messages because they hate you? Likely not—your ping is just number 47 in the queue.
