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Maybe frame it as a concern about team dynamics and productivity rather than just singling her out, but definitely highlight the impact her behavior has had on you and your colleagues. You deserve to work in an environment where you feel respected and supported, not constantly belittled and undermined.
Have you documented any of this? Have you spoken to human resources to the other people who moved internally mention this to Human Resources?
Call the Ethics hotline or HR
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^id keep in mind that nothing is actually anonymous
Worth bringing up to your MD, but make it a conversation rather than a refusal to work under her. Hopefully your MD is reasonable and will hear you out.
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I have a friend who would frame it as “hey can I get some coaching”
And I would also be ready with 2-3 ways you think you could better engage to seem like a problem solver not a problem child
As a lead, I would hope the people under me would come to me first but it seems as though this may not be the best option. I would suggest starting with a conversation with their supervisor on how you feel and different ways for you to approach the situation to find a solution. Then ask to have a follow up meeting in a timely manner to review if things got better or not. That’s when you would have the conversation to have another lead.
August is a long way away. I would look at her leave period as an opportunity for you to demonstrate your leadership skills to your seniors (and to have some relief from her unkind behavior). Who knows, maybe you’ll get promoted or find a new, better role before she returns from leave? Teams re-org all the time of BofA, I wouldn’t set an ultimatum in February regarding an employee who is away until August.
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In a recent round of layoffs, my team had a lady who was pregnant added while everyone else on their team had been let go. In my old firm, there’s a guy whose team was eliminated when he was on pat leave… he ended up on the top of the “retrain and redeploy” list and is somehow still at the firm