‘The very next day, I wrote my resignation letter’: Boss targets introvert employee, denies raises, and sets impossible deadlines, forcing her to quit

Welcome to the workplace ring, where every day feels like a chaotic WWE Royal Rumble. In one corner, you've got Team Extroverts, charging in like wrestlers hyping up the crowd, shouting, "Let's brainstorm!" with the same energy as The Rock asking if you can smell what he's cooking. In the other corner it's Team Introverts, quietly waiting in the shadows, avoiding small talk like they're dodging a flying chair. And then there's the real heel of the match: Team Management, strutting down the ramp like Vince McMahon, convinced the entire office exists solely to fuel their ego-fueled storyline.  

Extroverts jump into every meeting like it's a cage match, throwing out ideas left and right, while introverts wish they could be a little bit more like John Cena. "You can't see me" and all. And just when it seems like the match is under control, in comes a manager to drop a metaphorical elbow on everyone's sanity.

For one introvert wrestling such an impossible situation, this isn't just a tag team match gone wrong, it's a straight-up career-ending storyline.

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