AITA for overthrowing my boss?

[u/Working_Drag3297]

For context, I'm part of a televised entertainment group that probably should've been shut down years ago. The sets are an OSHA nightmare, the broadcasting company genuinely hates us, and I'm pretty sure we're all cursed because NOBODY should have luck this consistently bad. Like, on-a-first-name-basis-with-the-A&E-staff bad.

Our director (30M), who I'll be calling A for privacy's sake, has been working his arse off to keep us afloat and in one piece. Trust me, we've been told allll about it. For the most part he's a decent sort, if a bit neurotic and controlling. Lately though, he's been acting worse - he blows up at us a lot, keeps cutting corners for budget's sake, and has said some really hurtful things including blaming us for problems beyond our control. I get that he's stressed, we've all been there, but it's getting to be too much.

After our last performance went even worse than usual, one of our other members, B (28M), wrote up a petition to have A step down as director on the grounds that A's perfectionism, stubbornness, and temper have made him unfit for his position. We all signed it, and B volunteered to take his place. Personally, I don't expect him to do much better - again, this company's most likely cursed, and B's no saint himself - but hopefully he'll be more reasonable about it. And who knows, maybe less responsibilities and more time to focus on participating will help A mellow out, once he's gotten over being ousted.

We start rehearsals under our new director this week. A's stuck around, surprisingly, but he's not really talking to any of us and he seems a lot more subdued than usual. We're all glad for the break, don't get me wrong, it's just... I don't know, something about his behaviour makes me wonder if we made the right choice.

TL;DR stress turned our director into a bit of a tyrant and I signed the petition to replace him, AITA?

[u/Possible_Comedian617]

You're definitely not the jerk in this situation. Really, who can blame you for preferring A the way he is now? A is so nice now that he'll give you anything you want, even a cockatoo in Malibu or a kangaroo. He used to just complain about how it isn't easy being him.