Beastmomma

Before beginning this post, I am pleased to announce that I finally finished listening to the last Harry Potter book.  Here is my review.

A few days ago, I got an e-mail from the person who is working with my former crazy boss.  You may remember that the person who took over directly from me had 30 years of experience and I was training her to make twice as much as I did.  When I googled the person who had e-mailed me, I found out that he has a PhD.  Anyway, this is the message that I got from him:

Greetings. I'm hoping you are the [BEASTMOMMA] that used to 
work at Duke. My 
name is [_____]. I currently work as a Research Analyst with 
[CRAZY BOSS] and I'm finding it, shall we say, challenging.  
[PERSON WHO TOOK OVER FROM ME], who still works at Duke but not with [CRAZY BOSS], told 
me that you had a similar experience. I have reached the point where 
I am seriously contemplating resigning, and I am seeking advice from 
those who have worked with [CRAZY BOSS] in the past as to whether it is 
worthwhile trying to make things work or whether I should just cut my 
losses and get out. [PERSON WHO TOOK OVER FROM ME] feels constrained in what she can say 
since she still works at Duke,  so I am hoping you can speak to me 
more candidly about your experience.

I welcome your thoughts. Feel free to reply by telephone if you 
prefer.
Many thanks.

Even though I am certainly sympathetic to this person and his situation, I cannot help feeling gleeful.  It really was not me! My former boss REALLY does have a hard time working with people and no amount of work experience, pay, or education can make that easier.  One nice thing about my experience of working with her is that I feel as though I have a clearer sense of what kind of supervisor I want and she taught me what are signs that the person who would be supervising me does not meet that criteria.