Unfortunately, there are a lot of managers out there who are like that. I just spent several months "under-the-thumb" of a control freak boss who made my life a living hell. He tried to blame me for his error to a working group, and when I stood up to him in the same environment for it, he told me to never contradict him. He was let go several weeks after that. The working group included some co-workers in another division that had been through the same thing with him and they backed me and their supervisor backed me.

Anyway, my boss now is totally the opposite. Unfortunately, a new manager is being hired who will end up being my supervisor. I'm hoping he chooses well.