[Oyk]

My current salary is fine, the co-workers aren't too bad, but my boss is an insecure SOB who believes in suppressing talents to maintain his position. The environment is turning toxic owing to cronyism though.  I do some volunteering in church on weekends, but can't see this taking up 8 hours of my time on a weekday.

I use the word boss differently from how a lot of peepur use it. They refer to their supervisor or manager as boss who is just another wage earner wor. I only call the person who owns the company the BOSS who cannot be sacked, and also cannot be promoted because he is already, well, the boss.

But if you are working in the civil service or a big MNC it's not possible to specifically identify that person. So you call the person you report to "Boss"? I wouldn't.

So this wage earner-boss is insecure and if you are talented, he will feel threatened? 

Well, if you had seen through him very early on, and didn't let him know you knew some things he didn't, then it'd be wise to keep it that way lor.

But if you had already shown your talents/skills/knowledge/capabilities to him and his face changed colour, it'd be wise to turn the clock back, which you can only do by finding another place to work..