Left my super toxic manager and job today
I've been at this job for almost two years. I had no idea what I was signing up for. I wish I had done my research but at the same time this was a career switch and my first job in the new field. I had an unpaid internship before that and a year looking for a job before that. So there is a chance I would've accepted anyway.
But even with all the shitakes I went through I held on tight hoping and trying to get resume worthy experience. Meanwhile among all the other issues with this company my boss has been straight up abusive. After months of therapy and getting better and then starting to go down hill because of my manager, my therapist recommended fmla. I finally got the experience I needed these past couple of months. So recently when the abuse got worse, I finally went for it. I went to my psychiatrist, had to explain all the shitakes I went through and how much it's been affecting my mental health and well being. They ended up giving me two months and I was able to choose a start date. Well I got another long message about how incompetent I am from my manager so I went ahead and said tomorrow. I didn't realize it would actually be effective tomorrow. Let my manager know today and I heard from my colleague that he was raging at their one on one. Guess he won't be getting the two projects I came up with on my own as a junior and that got approved by his boss. I know he was hoping to get a bonus from it. But I'm incompetent so toodle doo.
Anyway, since it's fmla I couldn't really tell anyone that this was likely my last day.
I feel like I left a burning building or an abusive person in my life. One of my parents is heavily mentally ill and is basically abusive. I can't really leave them behind the same way I could with this job so it was nice to be able to do that in this case. Just walk away and abandon the manager in their rage and abuse.