So, it's been a while, but I have worked some of the jobs you mentioned. I didn't find management or coworkers substantially better or worse than in software/wh

So, it's been a while, but I have worked some of the jobs you mentioned. I didn't find management or coworkers substantially better or worse than in software/white collar. Not to say everyone was angels, I'm just saying it was comparable to software, which has its share of jerks (sometimes that has included me). Agree with you that power dynamic is different, as is corporate structure (intrinsically more site/region based) that also makes it harder to report an abusive person in the chain. But it sounds like you had a truly abusive manager, and you still didn't ghost, to your credit.