Worked at a nursing home, boss was part owner, him and the manager were both great. We got along very well. The other part owner (majority owner?) came around sometimes, pleasant lady, smart, if stubborn.

After a year or so, suddenly the boss and manager are just gone one day. The part owner lady is now full owner and running the office. I never heard the whole story, but it was some ugly legal/financial thing, power play maybe. I don't remember.

Former boss and manager end up at another facility. Some of my co-workers quit over it all, blaming the part owner lady who took over, and went to work for the former boss and manager. Feelings hurt etc.

Former boss and manager call me to get me to come work for them, not really offering a raise.

But with everyone else leaving, there was a big need where I was. I was getting trained for a higher position, better pay, better hours, everything. So I stayed. I liked the old boss and manager, but had nothing against the new full owner.

This worked well for me for awhile, for like a year. But then this lady brings in her nephew as a "maintenance guy". I immediately don't like him, but I play nice, always a smile for him.

Soon he starts doing more and more stuff. Hanging out in the office, forwarding instructions from his aunt, sitting in on meetings. He starts getting real uppity, has an attitude.

We're told he's "getting experience" running the facility.

Eventually it comes out, the plan was always for him to be the boss, but legally he couldn't, because he was a state run facility and had been in prison too recently, probation or something, I don't remember.

Finally he's running the place, and things stay to go south real quick. Quality of patient care goes down. Privileges we had are taken away. Security cameras go up. The guy actually got in a fight with family members at one point, screaming at them and wagging his finger in their face.

The whole work environment got toxic. New hires start sucking up to the manager, a division forms in the staff, people start back biting.

The new staff doesn't like that I and others, 3 years senior in a place with high turnover, have a more stable schedule than they do.

The nepo baby felon boss tells me I can't have my schedule anymore.

I talk to the owner about my concerns, not just my schedule, but everything. She tells me that it's his baby and she's not going to interfere.

So I start looking for work. I line up something quick, and give him my two weeks.

He's furious, saying I'm going to regret it etc etc. Every day at work that first week is stressful, getting glared at etc.

Then, honestly, over the weekend something truly came up in my personal life. I needed to take time off, just the last two days of the last week of work I promised him.

So I called him right then and there on the weekend, because it was the right thing to do. I said "hey listen, I know I said two weeks, but something came up, so I can't work Thursday or Friday, my last two days. I'm sorry." No I didn't ask if it was ok, I just told him, but I did say it nicely.

He explodes at me, tells me it's illegal, and I promised him, and I can't do this etc etc. Then he tells me it's going to go on my "permanent record", whatever that's supposed to mean. And that I needed to sign paperwork saying that I lied and didn't give my two weeks.

So I go into work Monday, I do my shift, he's glowering at me all day. Keeps trying to get me to come to the office and sign that paperwork, I keep being too busy.

When the time comes for my shift to end, I tell my favorite co-workers goodbye, and warn them I'm not coming back for the rest of my week.

Then instead of leaving through the front door or employee door, both of which make me walk past the office.. I leave out the patio door into the courtyard, and jump the fence to my car, and drive off into the sunset.

Never talked to that douchebag again. Wish I could've seen the look on his face.