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I quit my job of six years to show upper management how useless and bad my boss was, and it worked.
My last job began in 2017. I worked part-time in a warehouse and was promoted after a few years to a job as a transport administrator or manager.
My coworker and I ran our area together. We only told our then-manager when we needed help with any part of our jobs, time off, or other things like that. Other than that, he gave us full freedom to run things.
Even though there were some tough days, we were having a great time.
Then, in 2021, the company made some changes. Our line boss was moved to another department, and we were given a new manager who was only responsible for us two and our department. Of course we were mad about it, but we still wanted to give him a chance.
He turned out to be a jerk and someone who liked to be in charge. But he was weird; one minute he was very helpful, and the next he was a mean bully who used manipulation. He loved making fun of the fact that I was in a car crash last year. He loved giving me only the bad jobs and making things difficult between me and my coworkers.
Then, in March of this year, my girlfriend got sick while she was pregnant and had to give birth to our son six weeks early. I had to take three weeks off from work because of how bad and scary it was. When I got back, I had a lot of work to do that hadn't been done while I was gone. While I was trying to catch up, my boss pulled me away to work…