You are definitely not alone, DespondentDaisy.
My current job's like that now.
Come to think of it, my previous two were as well...hmm.

I've always stood behind my good supervisors - there were a couple that I would have even taken a bullet for, without a second thought. The bad ones, well, they had better hope to never be in a bind because there would be no one to help them out. They tend to forget that the people that they step on as they're going up the ladder, they'll have to deal with again on their way down.

I always got a kick (with the bad supes) out of following their instructions exactly to the letter. When it wasn't what they wanted, they tried to blame me, but for some reason, they just couldn't make it stick....Heh.
And boy, did it make them mad, but they couldn't do squat about it.
Much fun