Good for you seeing the positive in this and im sure your life will be much happier with out thoese people in it - i have too worked at a 'difficult place with difficult people' and although still working for the same company, just changed areas, feel so much happier. i still have to see some old work people at staff social, meeting ect but they are all OK to me !!WTF at while they were very surprised i was appointed 2IC wished me well, but then again maybe they thought i would use my position to expose them. Guess what they are slowely dropping off on their own( and i dont mean they are dying) Just leaving to do other things, which is good for them as i feel they needed it, sure they may have needed a bit of a guide in that direction but i hope they will see that it is to better them. I hope that they start to listen though. Its always the same the ones that need to go to the training dont put their hand up hey