How do you keep your pride and 'cool' in a hostile work environment?

[Deja Q]

I can either leave now and give them a small-time hiccup... (ultimately, nobody's indispensible and they'd have to be lucky enough to hire somebody with my abilities instead of a temp-agency buffoon.)

But I know what I am paid.

Would it not be better to keep cool, keep doing my job to my excellent usual level, and wait to become redundant? (or will they try to find other means to ax us? We are paid a lot and they don't want to pay those wages.)

I am also union. But for some reason I'm beginning to think that, like everyone else, they're as useful as cow manure sandwich baking on the sidewalk on a hot summer's day...

[LostinVA]

1. Bong hits in the bathroom

No, seriously -- it sucks.

[LaurenG]

2. Keep your job

just ignore anything that stirs you up. Keep yourself busy and remember attitude is everything. Later it will also be important to have good references. IMVHO :-)

[crispini]

3. Good advice, that.

"I am bigger and more wonderful than these small-minded pricks who are giving me grief" usually works for me. :D

[hfojvt]

4. I have said it before

stay until you have a better or equal job and then quit. I think it is a good idea to give at least a week's notice too. I know you wanna burn them, but you may need to fall back on them because you never know when the better job may not be as good as it looks.
Also, save as much money as you can.

[hobo_baggins]

5. dude, quit crying about your job and quit already

seriously

[Deja Q]

6. I hear ya.

seriously