Wow, that's a messed up story. Thankfully I haven't run into very many actual bullies during my career; though I do sometimes wonder if, in fact, I had but I s

Wow, that's a messed up story. Thankfully I haven't run into very many actual bullies during my career; though I do sometimes wonder if, in fact, I had but I simply was seldom the target (I'm male and white). I only really had one, at a company that's somewhat known for having a higher than average number of bullies. I already had a lot of experience and so was confident and a fairly senior engineer while I was there, so I tried to use that privilege as best I could on behalf of the rest of the team, many of whom were more junior or on visas or otherwise more vulnerable. I lasted a year before moving on for better pay and less stress (again, a path open to me that's not always open to others). That manager moved on as well, but just to another team at a different location. That didn't do much for my impression of the company. I don't know what good, if any, I accomplished in my visible and consistent pushing back against this manager. I hope some. If nothing else, I hope it showed my less experienced co-workers who might not know better that the way our manager acted was not ok, and that there are many other companies and ways of working out there.