pushes for more

1. Yes.
2. Absent context, we assume "more of what bosses typically want from their employees." The boss frequently applies pressure to force me to increase the quality/quantity of my work.
There's nothing in your sentence to suggest whether the speaker (employee) considers this good or bad. "The s.o.b. is never satisfied!" "He encourages me to constantly improve." (You may consider "p

Avangi"The s.o.b. is never satisfied!"

LOL

AvangiRe sailing around the world, not until you've learned to handle the boat with the jiff installed. (I still haven't figured out what the heck that is.)

Actually, I need to get a boat first! A jiff is

All I could find on the net was people who took peanut butter sandwiches on their sailing trip.

You are right again. I might have mispelled it. I tried jiff,jif, gif, jeef but still couldn't find any references. What would you call the small sail at the bow, not the main sail?

Hi New2Grammar, I believe the word you're looking for is "jib".

Thank you so much, Marvin. I think that's the right term!!! Avangi, does it ring a bell?

Oh yes! I knew that was associated with sailing, but, again, didn't know what part of the equipment it was, so there were too many unknowns in my equation. Now that I think of it, I've often heard jib and mains'l in the same sentence.

Thanks, Marvin.

- A.