It's not a perfect or fair world, but if you work for this person, when the economy picks up and the balance of power shifts, move to a company that actually treats people with a little respect. This type of management leads to high turnover of staff and staff that don?t share or work together. You will learn a lot more and be a lot happier with a good company, and frankly you spend so much of your life there, it's really something you should enjoy.