Working for someone intimidating?

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Does anyone have trouble working sometimes, because working for someone else is intimidating? I always had trouble with work, because I my work was judged and then I was let go. Now it's like...I don't know. I feel intimidated by bosses and supervisors, because of my job performance. The last job I quit, but I knew I wasn't doing well and wouldn't get any better, because it was for taking calls and customers are so unpredictable to deal with. A quiet office is sort of ideal, if I can even do that right. But I'd stay as long as I could, if I felt I was competent enough and I tried, but then I'd get let go. So I get SSD, because I was lucky enough to have had so many jobs and one where they let me stay long enough hoping I'd get better, which I actually got worse.

Is it your fault that the customers are tough to deal with?

My boss is intimidating simply because he is literally 6 foot 9 and probably something like 270 pounds, dude is built like a sequoia.

I can talk to him just fine on the phone or even in person if he is seated, but there is something weird about having to look upward at a 60 degree angle to look a supervisor in the face, it's wild.

I really don't like working with bosses who like to micromanage. I had a boss who liked to do that at the old job I had. She had a lot of anger and blood pressure issues, and I was always caught in the fire. I prefer it when I can just do my work without feeling like I'm walking on eggshells.