OP got managed up instead of managed out.

Way to go with the passive-aggressive bu!!$hit to get a promotion.

Maybe it'll be better without hanging out with the jerk co-workers. And promotion still sounds like a better job with (hopefully) better money and you say you're working hard so carry on ! (:

Sounds like a win win for everyone.... You get a job you were working hard for and desired (assuming it had other benefits, too) and your coworkers are less distracted and more productive. How is it that you see it as a time out if it's what you wanted??? You want the job on your terms and only your terms? What if someone else deserved it more? What if you'd been fired for disrupting the rest of the staff? That'd be a real time out! I don't see it as a FYL because of your lack of gratitude for having a job you want and not appreciating your gifts.

Maybe YOU should be more of an adult and not talk so much during work. You were probably disrupting your co-workers as well. There's nothing more annoying than a co-worker who won't shut up.

Throw a temper tantrum, hold your breath til you turn blue, then scream at your boss," I hate you."

I really don't know weather to put ydi or fyl .....I guess u kinda deserve both...

YDI. They wouldn't do something like that unless they had an extremely good reason

On the bright side, you don't have to be around those jerks anymore. Now you know how they really feel about you. And if It's a better position, consider it a win-win. :3

just keep doing what you're doing.at this rate, you could own the company ;)