Thank you for your feedback. It illuminates both my fear and interest in understanding further.

I know it's difficult to really grasp a full picture through a cpl paragraphs, and admittedly (and for reason) I'm passionate and upset over the situation, so get intense and can see how it might come off here. When I reread and look at the caps, I can see how many would interpret as a bit crazy and low self-awareness, but ironically that's inaccurate and part of my frustration...

It's just so unnerving how this all turned out. This guy (my former boss) gave 2 shits about that job and that company - making $200k/year. He didn't care. One of my coworkers (got him the job) would be like "I just don't care at all. Why do you care? You need to stop caring?" And the person who is best/healthiest for the business was let go, and the people who give zero shits about it are still there doing the bare minimum. Man, it's so funny - but not.

But tell me - why do I "come across as a risk"? That's my big thing here. I obviously wouldn't tell this whole story to a potential employer. No way. Even though, again, I was a great employee that got screwed. I'm the bad guy?

I'll tell you - you put any 100 people from that company together and say: Alright, YOU own this business. Its performance matters. Its yields determine your bank account balance - Who would you choose to run it - A (me) or B (former boss)?? Cross my heart 99-100% would say A - all the way. Absolute truth. But... When big boys' club and mob mentality and lazy ppl trying to fly under the radar make up a huge bulk of a company - and when they don't have true ownership and lack investment in the company performance - yeah I guess B seems a lot more attractive. Lol.