posted 16 years ago
How is your friends resume. If he has no history of working under pressure, seeing it through the tough times could be an advantage.
If it is truely a no win scenario, and has proof of working under pressure. get out, cut the loss. It is not worth the stress.
Me I would go to the boss and say "I want to be a successful employee. Tell me what I need to do to be a better employee. Help me succed". Develop and implement a plan with the boss to be successful.
At the same time, I would discretely search for work, incase the situation is not salvageable. Dont post your resume on HOTJOB, Monster, ..... (places where the boss would look for new staff). Deal with reputable job search firms that know to be discrete. If the boss finds out your friend is looking for a new job. He will be very likely start looking for any reason to fire your friend.