WOW - once again, I am floored and stunned by how immature and unprofessional my CEO is - how should I sill be surprised? I shouldn't be so, given his past behaviors, but I am STUNNED.

So, yesterday late in the day, somewhat on a whim, I decided to reach out to my CEO. I wrote something along the lines of "I found this old photo of my team, and I want you to know that I will miss this place and everyone here. I also want to apologize for being short in my resignation letter. They gave me the offer late Fri afternoon, they wanted me to start ASAP and in two weeks, so I had to give my notice quickly. I realized after the fact that my letter to you was a bit short, so I do apologize."

And what did I receive in reply?

He tells me "you have no clue what this position could look like in the future, and you have no clue what leadership would have been put in place. You went to that other company before for monetary reasons, and you hated it. And now you're going for another position for money. You told me when you came back on board with us that you wanted to be with us for a long time. Wish we could have talked before you decided to quit. It is what it is though."

Something along those lines. I felt attacked, criticized, misjudged and completely misunderstood after that.

So, I wrote back and defended myself. I told him many things, including the fact that I had worked very hard in his company for nearly 3 years. That I've had 4 different bosses, and that role has been a revolving door - how my team has been overhauled 3 different times, and how the turnover within my department got to me finally and made me very discouraged. I said that when I came back on board, I was very hopeful and did want to stay a long time. But then my new boss left, then two team members left, then a third team member left, then we got that mean biotch of a boss for 2-3 months, life was miserable, and that after all of that, I decided I should look around - the turnover and the lack of learning became problematic for me. Then this opportunity came up, with more money, attractive responsibilities and a steady and strong leadership team, and I couldn't pass itup.

I ended by telling him, so, I do mean it when I say I will miss people here. And, I have grown here and appreciate the opportunities I've been given.

He did not reply to that last response of mine, but he gave it a "like".

What do people make of all of that? I know I didn't need to defend myself, but I felt attacked and it put me on the defensive. So, I felt the need and desire to defend myself, even though I see that he's the one who went on the attack.

I'm just soo taken aback by his lack of maturity in the matter and by how manipulative he really is.