Senior Manager (Deloitte) is micromanaging me, basically, providing "feedback" on every single email I wrote, sometimes providing limited clarity and then bite me on my back. Was a firm high performer and now have a hard time adjusting to this nosedive. What should I do as next steps? Communicating to him won't change, I already have a daily call with him.

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The SM is not busy enough. Casually mention to partners you know that this SM seems to have a lot of bandwidth

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That’s a pro gamer move, M2.

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Find new project

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Why will they fire you?

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I’d get out before you get burned more. Clearly it’s not going to work and the longer you stay, the more it’ll screw you for snapshots and year end

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Markets to hot right now to deal with that BS. If Deloitte would fire you, there’s 3 other firms that do the same stuff and all pay around the same that would probably gladly take you.

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Going through the same thing right now - from being a top performer in a previous project whilst owning some client relationships, to a slide monkey + bad performer in current project, over the smallest things (being told to add a useless sentence in an email, change colour of slides, etc, and being delegated a ridiculous amount of tedious work). Personally I can’t wait to leave and having a final round for another job this weekend. Wish me luck!!

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I wish - same constraints as OP. The prospect of burning bridges is a real constraint in ACN, and possibly consulting in general

Sounds like the Sr Manager doesn’t know how to be a Sr Manager. Hopefully you can work through this!

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Dealt with this for 6 months and was basically told multiple times to ride it out. I did everything literally as they wanted, didn't stress anymore, and stopped doing anything other than what I was told. Got rolled off too soon, they tried to extend me and I never looked back.

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I took the same approach and now the supervisor is saying I don’t have initiative 🤦🏻‍♀️ even though we are still working crazy hours

So I was in the same situation (always been a high performer) and was working with a SM that was doing exactly what you describe. It’s been 2 years and I can say I took a big hit in my career. I didn’t want to change project to not cause a ruckus, but that was the biggest mistake I made in my career so far. So yeah my advice would be to get out of this project, even if you piss off a few people.

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It happens. Find a way to work with him. I have a similar SM. 2 Options :
1. Find a way to make it work. Ignore his crazy. Let your work speak for you.

2. Find a new project

Leave the project now.

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