Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here . (It’s anonymous!)

Dear Good Job,

I work for a university in a role I love. But true to its reputation, academia is extremely political. My problem is that my boss and our sister department’s boss despise each other (they’re both condescending know-it-alls, albeit with different approaches, so it’s a match made in Hades).

The issue is that there are things I need from the other department to do my job at all, so occasionally we all get together and the two bosses make all of us sit through an absolute nightmare meeting full of the most cringeworthy behavior. It’s embarrassing for everyone, but it also feels so unnecessary. I know the higher-ups a

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