Former manager made my life hell and I finally got her fired. I was desperate to join a new job

after my husband and I were both laid off last year. When I was offered a new role, I knew it would be a

step down from what I was doing. But the manager and the team seemed great and that part hasn't changed.

However, since my manager Gary was so busy, he basically offloaded me to another manager,

Jane. I was supposed to be the connection point between my team and Jane, but it quickly

became Jane micromanaging me. She would ask me to work through lunch, move or cancel vacation

days, call me at 11pm on weekends, and order me around on phone calls. She would also make nasty comments

about my weight and said that I was big for my race. The list of personal slights is so long

that it filled three pages. I would talk back to her and she did not like that and that provoked

her more. I only stayed because we needed to pay the bills. Finally, I had a

mental breakdown on a Friday afternoon after she yelled at me for something trivial about scheduling

a meeting without including someone from her team who I didn't know about. I was dealing with a

family tragedy and I couldn't take it anymore. I told Gary about the situation with Jane

and he was sympathetic

and not at all surprised considering half her team quit. He immediately offered to move me to a

different team under him and I was thrilled. Well it turns out that going to the new team didn't

help. Jane continued to order me around from afar. When I ignored her emails, she came to my

desk one day and started loudly talking about how I'm not qualified for this role. Now Gary overheard

and finally told her off, but the verbal abuse did not stop. After two months there, I abruptly

wrote my resignation letter and I also stapled the list of Jane's offensive comments to it, ceasing everyone.

Gary offered a bunch of accommodation to try and keep me, but seeing how she was still provoking from afar, I said the only way for me to stay would be for her to go, and he just didn't have that authority.

Her manager was in a different country, and despite several HR complaints from at least five people, nothing was done. So, I left,

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