I'm currently in the midst of a lateral move in my company. This is primarily due to the lack of support on my team, namely from a bullying supervisor. This supervisors way of “supporting and teaching me” was to talk down to me, interrupt, and generally just rip me apart. Every “collaboration” was a fight which I found out later, is just his “teaching” style.
The bullying got so bad that I self-harmed and considered killing myself. I ended up breaking down to my manager who, after talking to the supervisor, decided that maybe this team wasn't the right fit for me (insert eyeroll).
So, they are moving me to a new team within the larger company. But not before offering me the chance to work in a startup consisting of my current manager and the aforementioned supervisor.
Startups, for those who have had the fortune to never work in one, have horrible work-life balance. They involve insanely long days and weekends with virtually no time for anything else. This is because you, the lucky employee, own part of the startup. So, what was my answer to the chance to work even more closely and longer hours with the guy who pushed my depression into a dangerously volatile state?
It was the most confident “no” of my life.