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44. I left a job of 18 years

because of one of those. I was second shift supervisor. He was 1st shift super then he got promoted to department manager that put him over me. He was a grade A ass-kisser, always going to lunch with the big bosses or playing golf with them on the weekends but knew almost nothing about the actual manufacturing process. When he was supervisor he had his assistant do pretty much everything as far as the day to day operations. I was very good at my job both the technical and mechanical parts and keeping my shift workers happy and trained. When the other guy took over he was a micromanager. He would expect me to call him multiple times a night to check in and I wouldn't do it. I'm out on the floor working I don't have time for that crap. If an issue arose that I knew they would need to look at first thing in the morning sure I'd call but just normal stuff I wouldn't bother. Anyway, eventually I got so sick of it I quit. Like the old saying, people don't quit bad jobs they quit bad managers. I actually loved the job but was getting sick to my stomach before going in every day knowing I was going to have to deal with him for the first few hours of my shift.

And when I dropped my notice on him he said, "I know the perfect guy to bring in to replace you." There was at least 3 people there already that knew the work inside and out that would have been great in the position but he wanted to bring in one of his bowling buddies instead. Found out a year or so later that my replacement got canned for being a racist asshole to a couple of the workers.