So last year, another product manager in my company quit. I took over his job temporarily. That ended up being permanent. I was doing 12 hour + days and completely burned out, depressed and just all around hating life.
I complained to my boss. He had the perfect solution! I needed a manager to manage my time.
In rolls this incompetent f'wit getting paid twice the amount I was. She knew nothing about nothing. But I gave her the benefit of the doubt, and started helping her. This turned into me making her look competent. I was making presentations for her to show the board etc. So now I'm doing 15+ hour days on an 8 hour salary.
Had my review 3 weeks ago she was there along with the chief of product. I asked for a promotion & payrise to match it. They declined. Why? Because f'wit had been taking the credit for everything I was doing. The CPO thought I was doing nothing and she was holding me a float. I didn't say a word, just got up and walked out.
The dev team I managed, walked out last Friday. They don't want to work under f'wit. They were vendors and the entire relationship was maintained by me. It's no problem for them, they jump on another contract. She doesn't know what to do, or how to do it.
I got a better job. I'm 2 weeks in an loving it. I work 8am to 4pm, hybrid. I told my new boss I'm not coming into the office at all this week unless it cools down. He said there's aircon in the office. I said I was worried about my dog being at home. He said “say no more, work from home.” Ot pays about 30% more than the previous role.
F'wit calls me today, begs me to come back. Lays it on real thick that people will lose their jobs.
I had 3 demands. Double my current salary, full remote, I work 8am to 4pm and that's it. She countered offered by offering me exactly what I had before. I explained I had more now. She told She would see what she could do and get back to me.
Spoke to a friend that still works there. F'wit was boasting in a meeting with him that I've been begging her to give me my old job back, and she was considering it because she knew I was stressed and had a bit of a break down.
Bitch.
F'wit calls me back, offers to match my new salary and full remote, and some other bullshit that I know will never happen.
I told her I heard about me begging & hung up.
Tldr: boss made my life hell, I quit, she's fucked, begged me to come back, I told her to shove it.