It's the best way to do it, but side note, even if your boss is a good person, it sucks that bigger companies will punish THEM for not following procedure.

I hated seeing my bosses have to deal with their higher ups when it came to anything at all.

I actually ended up dating one of my bosses for a few years (in secret but we were never penalized)

She would share how much pressure she was under and how insanely depressed it made her just having to be a shithead to her great employees for the pure reason of keeping her own job...

The company kept asking me why I didn't pursue advancement in management. (I was in a logistics management position for a large retail chain)

Duh, I didn't get paid anywhere near what real management did but I also didn't want to take a toaster bath after every shift.

corduroycats, I hope you get off in a good way, at least just a write up would be fine, so you can work while you look for something not so shitty!

I've had those sick days where you're sick but you when you get better you just have that mindset and say "fuck this job"