The article discusses the impact of family life over one's working life. Workplaces are full of trigger scenarios, that can often prompt unwise actions in response. Trigger situations are particular for everyone depending on personal vulnerabilities and depends on one's family dynamics. From those relationships, one develops coping strategies to reduce stress and feel more secure. People are likely to call on these learned strategies when confronting people who are giving them a hard time at workplace. Dealing with a difficult boss is perhaps the most toughest situation to handle for the majority of employees. There are several types and combinations of the boss-parent equation, but each trigger different responses from an individual. Employee's emotional buttons may be pushed by bosses because they can provoke the experience of being parented. Behavior of a boss may remind an employee how his parents treated him and how he reacted to them. One should be aware of his vulnerabilities, and get them under control. One should give time to himself to figure out an appropriate plan of action.