[Tench_Coxe]

"and because of that, the boss was eventually demoted to “special projects” with no direct reports .."

Ah yes. Either 'promotion' to a position where the office is a broom closet with no direct reports, or 'special projects'. The sad part is, so much damage is done beforehand.

Hopefully the 'special projects' were of very short duration.

[catnipman]

“Hopefully the ‘special projects’ were of very short duration.”

there were never really any “special projects” ... mostly just sat in the office until retired ... and he wasn’t the only terrible manager treated this way, either ...