I just want to be respected in my work, is that too much to ask for? To want respect and decent treatment?

I mean, I am not perfect at work by any means.. sometimes I fumble with my words and sometimes I wing it in client calls. Sure, I am not perfect, but I do my job to the best of my abilities, I work very hard at it, I produce great results and my clients all around are happy with me.

One client continues to tell me how happy he is to have me back at work. He is confident that I will and can turn his business around. He is happy to have me on the task because the last digital strategists on my team gave him the run around. He called me yesterday and told me they completely bs'd him while I was gone, about why his business wasn't doing well. Almost every call I am on with him, he thanks me for my hard work and skills.

So why was my boss so disrespectful? He had told me in that one negative conversation we had that he will be honest with me. So he was honest, he showed his true feelings, and for some reason, he needed to be rude and disrespectful and put me down.

I wonder if my previous boss, who overlapped with this guy in their employment, if he had poisoned my new boss against me? This is what I am thinking may have occurred. He knows I conflicted with my previous boss. And the reason for that was my previous boss tried to undermine my success and take all the credit for my hard work. So maybe my previous boss said negative things about me to my new boss, and therefore, my new boss has a bias against me? Perhaps that's what happened.

But the fact is - he told me his true feelings, and his true feelings are that he doesn't respect me.

I have another interview today. The recruiter tells me the hiring manager (a female) is phenomenal. Maybe I need a female boss whose ego won't feel threatened by my success.

And I am successful at work, so there is NO reason for the disrespect I received from my current boss. Absolutely none.