If your boss gives you encouragement, advice, recognition, and constructive feedback delivered without judgment—stay in your job forever, because you’ve found a gem! But seriously, lucky is the employee who gets along with and works well with their boss; not all bosses have such great (or even good) management skills. Things can get tough quickly when you report to one of those not-so-great bosses. The trick is to spot the collection of not-so-great traits, realize they’re unlikely to change, and ask yourself whether they are traits you can live with or if it’s time to shop for a new boss.

It might be time to shop for a new boss if your current boss:

1. Contacts you at all hours. Your boss might not be able to disconnect from work, but it’s unfair—and disrespectful—to ask you to stay plugged in at 3 a.m. on a Sunday for anything less than the building burning down. Unfortunately, people who lack boundaries for themselves often fail to expect boundaries in others. You need boundaries, time to rest and recharge, and respect for your work-life balance.
2. Micromanages you. If you value your autonomy, a boss who treats you like a 4-year-old, always asking the equivalent of “Did you brush your teeth this morning?” is probably not a boss you want to work for. You worked hard for the right to “adult”!
3. Takes credit for your work. Bosses should feel proud when they manage a team that does great work! That doesn’t mean they should take direct credit for the work. Plus that puts you in a terrible position. In addition to losing credit for your job well done, do you want to speak up to call your boss a liar?
4. Delivers overly harsh criticism. Some bosses have a knack for offering nonconfrontational coaching to help an employee develop, even when the employee has made a mistake. Other bosses have a heavy-handed, mean, or condescending way of delivering criticism. Even if your skin is thick enough to stand poorly delivered criticism, how helpful is that feedback in the long term?
5. Rejects suggestions. “Status quo” is meant as the existing state of affairs—not the forever state of affairs. A boss who perpetually lives for the status quo, to the point of rejecting new ideas and refusing to be challenged, is limiting your creativity and growth, as well as the growth of the company. Nobody wants to stay in the same place forever.

A final word: If something seems irreparably amiss with your boss, it probably is. Not all work matches are made in heaven, and that’s OK! Trust your instincts to know when it’s time to shop around for a better fit.