I am 6 months into a new post and have previously had really good, open and honest communication with the people I worked for. This role started off great, but within a few weeks of a new LM starting things changed, I am not sure if it because I work for a senior manager but am line managed by someone else but it feels slightly toxic of late. I feel very out on a limb, particularly when asked about procedures/policies as if what I feedback doesn't feed into how my manager wants to do things i.e. he wants to go against policy it is a point scoring exercise with my LM backing my manager. My ideas for improvements are taken foreword by my LM with no recognition for any scoping work I have undertaken and comments on projects that don't fit what they want become fodder for corridor discussions and whispers within earshot of my office. I am really struggling to find my fit and build effective working relationships with my manager who feels that it is ok to throw me under the bus for things I haven't done and removes catch up time from the diary and moans about or is defensive about a lot of the things I say and do. There is very little in terms of a structure and it feels pretty much like guess work and whilst I am very experienced I feel quite useless. I don't feel that I can have an honest discussion with my LM as she feeds back stuff to the manager I work for. Can anyone offer any help in how to deal with this and improve it? I know there has been a few temp staff before me, but I am permanent but just want to do things the right way.