> In my first week, I was assigned ... I took the lead in implementing the solution You took the lead on your first week??? Based on your explanation, your co

> In my first week, I was assigned ... I took the lead in implementing the solution You took the lead on your first week??? Based on your explanation, your co-workers were morons, but you made one of the most outrageous socially-wrecking mistakes that one may do: you showed an unwanted truth to people you were not even acquainted yet. After that, the cleavage is too deep to even try and feel it. I think letting you go was the right decision, the environment was already toxic and it would have taken years before it returning liveable, if ever! When you join a new group of people, first of all try and adapt yourself to your new environment, and only later try and adapt the environment to you. Otherwise, conflict is inescapable.