My manager talked down to several employees, including me. He had formal complaints against him previously as well. Very condescending, elitist attitude. He would talk bad to me about every person in the office including the owner. He told me personal information about the owner's divorce and about other employees in the office (which means he was surely bad mouthing me to others). When I made it clear I didn't want to be a part of the conversations about people i was forming professional relationships with, his attitude toward me quickly turned catty. The micromanaging was insane. He would come into my office ten to twenty times a day for one thing or another. Then set up a morning and afternoon meeting every single day, in addition to coming in the office multiple times a day. He would tell me to do my job one way one day, then deny it or tell me another way another day. I was never given any negative feedback about my work, never given a warning, written or verbal. But when I started interviewing for other positions because of the micromanagement, I was fired with no warning or notice. I was given no reason other than I didn't seem engaged. I probably would have enjoyed the job much more if I didn't have the manager I had. Though the employee that had my position before me that no longer had him as a manager was also applying for other jobs, so maybe not.