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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/NadjaStolz28 on 2023-09-12 00:27:06.

Long story short, work has absolutely sucked in the last several months, ever since my good boss left and my weak, unsupportive boss took over.

I’m the head of my department where I work and I’ve been all but shut out of big decisions and discussions that take place. Work is piling on me and I have zero support, from above or below. Every mistake that happens falls on me and it’s literally keeping me awake at night. My health and habits are backsliding.

I’ve been job hunting for almost three months now. I fantasize about walking into my boss’s office and telling him I quit.

My boss almost never talks to me in person. Everything is over teams and email. Our office is barely 800 sq ft.

I work extremely hard to keep my emails neutral and corporate-speak. And yet, even then, in my last email where I clearly laid out line by line why I was frustrated, I was called “defensive” and “emotional” by my boss.

Fast forward a few weeks to today, here I am sitting at my desk, unable to hit send on an email I’ve edited about 50 times in the past hour, unable to hit send because I’m afraid of being dismissed with a patronizing response from this guy.

And I hate that I’m holding back tears. I feel alone and weak and mad at the same time.

This sucks.

I’m going to be working late again.