It sounds like he didn't have the best manager, but red flags right off the bat: 1. He didn't approach the manager once they got back. He says it wouldn't have

It sounds like he didn't have the best manager, but red flags right off the bat: 1. He didn't approach the manager once they got back. He says it wouldn't have changed anything, but I feel he is VERY wrong. Yeah, the manager dropped the ball. But the effective first impression was "So this guy has been here two weeks and doesn't care what he does? Probably on reddit all day..." 2. Lots of wording makes this guy come across as a "I am hot stuff" kind of guy. Especially the "he would have inferred had he read my entire email" which tells me that he didn't say he had found that resource and he instead feels that he was being talked down to. Also, that his email was too long. The response to that is to wait five minutes and reply "I just re-read that and still have questions A, B, and C". 3. It definitely sounds like a personality mismatch, especially as his coworkers liked the boss. My experience is that the horrible managers are horrible to everyone, even if they are playing favorites. Still, a good read and useful for folk starting a new job