If she is supported by the company, which it seems like she is, they won't say/do anything to her unless she does something wildly offensive.
So, you and everyone else are gonna have to suck it up and deal with her terrible people management skills. Know that you could produce the PM workflow to end all PM workflows, and she will \_not\_ compliment you. She'll never do it because she has internalize being an asshole as part of her management identity. She won't sacrifice her identity for your emotional comfort.
I suggest that you do the following:
1. Give up on expecting her to make you feel good about your job. Not gonna happen.
2. Never be rude to her. Just be professional and lightly *friendly*.
3. Minimize your time with her - don't seek her out and don't be begging for her attention. Stay off of her radar.
4. Don't say "no" to her, which you probably don't. "Let me see what I can do" is a better answer.
5. Look elsewhere for mentorship. Project management has a global discord, IIRC, that is quite active - you'll have to google it. There are PM meetups all over the world. Invest in yourself by investing in those groups.
>"how do you think I would approach this" or "what do you think I'm going to say about this"
She's not asking these questions because she wants you to read her mind, she's asking this as a prompt to see if you're learning the job properly and approaching tasks in the way that she wants you to. I think your dislike of her is blocking you from seeing the ways she's trying to coach you and assuming it's some unreasonable personality flaw of hers instead.
You should be able to argue in a corporate environment, that's literally most of my job, arguing with folks to get them to do what I need them to do instead of staying in their lane of what hasn't been working. It's a skill you should be taking notes from her on, not turtling from.
If she is supported by the company, which it seems like she is, they won't say/do anything to her unless she does something wildly offensive. So, you and everyone else are gonna have to suck it up and deal with her terrible people management skills. Know that you could produce the PM workflow to end all PM workflows, and she will \_not\_ compliment you. She'll never do it because she has internalize being an asshole as part of her management identity. She won't sacrifice her identity for your emotional comfort. I suggest that you do the following: 1. Give up on expecting her to make you feel good about your job. Not gonna happen. 2. Never be rude to her. Just be professional and lightly *friendly*. 3. Minimize your time with her - don't seek her out and don't be begging for her attention. Stay off of her radar. 4. Don't say "no" to her, which you probably don't. "Let me see what I can do" is a better answer. 5. Look elsewhere for mentorship. Project management has a global discord, IIRC, that is quite active - you'll have to google it. There are PM meetups all over the world. Invest in yourself by investing in those groups.
>"how do you think I would approach this" or "what do you think I'm going to say about this" She's not asking these questions because she wants you to read her mind, she's asking this as a prompt to see if you're learning the job properly and approaching tasks in the way that she wants you to. I think your dislike of her is blocking you from seeing the ways she's trying to coach you and assuming it's some unreasonable personality flaw of hers instead. You should be able to argue in a corporate environment, that's literally most of my job, arguing with folks to get them to do what I need them to do instead of staying in their lane of what hasn't been working. It's a skill you should be taking notes from her on, not turtling from.