'Sue me, then': Employee quits after failing to stand up to micromanagement, boss demands they pay back all their bonuses, employee refuses and walks out

Nobody likes to admit defeat, it is an extremely difficult challenge, to acknowledge that you tried your best, but there is nothing more you can do.

In a workplace environment, this challenge might be twice as hard, because not only do you lose your pride, but you might lose your job in the process. It's much like what happened to the employee in this Reddit story. OP (original poster) tried their best to stand up to their toxic management until they realized there was nothing more they could do, and it was time to leave. This decision not only led to them quitting their job on bad terms with their boss, but now OP suspects that it is affecting them in their current job search, going as far as inquiring whether their former boss has blacklisted them from other companies. 

Keep scrolling to read the full story. After you are done, click here for a story of an employee who made the mistake of lending money to an entitled coworker.