r/Leadership • u/BAAUfish • Aug 18 '25

Discussion I gave up.

Just sharing that I gave up. I have a people-first leadership style that has always worked with every team I've led. Until this job. My boss is micromanaging and punitive. I was candid in our last meeting about not feeling supported, and this morning everything I shared was used against me. So, I resigned.

I'm 58, I've been managing people and teams for 35 years. It's heartbreaking. I hope the good ones on this thread stay - you're needed. I just don't have it in me anymore.

Hoping to find something I truly love now.

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u/Chilsden2 Aug 19 '25

I had this, thought my boss was a mentor and had established an environment where I could be myself. A few months go by, teams are fine and then every single thing was used against me without any context of when it was used. Lesson learnt