I started working for a company about 18 months ago. It started off well and got a good review. Since then I escalated a project where a senior leader is good friends of one of the managers influential in the group. I wasn’t getting what I needed from an external expert through the company I was working with. The result is I got escalated by them and all of a sudden I had a communication issue. I then carried on working when my colleague went to a full time contract with a company and I got all his projects. All was going well with projects but then came a second escalation that they preferred working with my colleague so yes need to take that on the chin etc and work through that. All my other projects are going well and have several accolades from sponsors but they fall on deaf ears. My colleague and I talk a lot as both know similar things and in the same country. He is being invited to attend conferences, dinners, initiative meeting with leadership and having cv discussions to make him look good with the board. There used to be one VP who did his own thing and I could tell this other person wanted to be the head. I’ve been trying to communicate with her more (as I’ve been requested to do) but they don’t answer my emails and provide v little input when I ask Qs re her experience.
Now there is a report, this person is now a VP (same level as the person whose job she wanted). We are a small team and looks like she’s hand picked her team, has the bigger team and I am now over with the other VP who is extremely nice but not v much a people person along with a junior person. they are hiring a new person and I bet they’ll be in the bigger team. I said to my now boss I feel I’m being swept aside. My colleague does too! I have a a few incidents now I can cite. I am looking for other jobs but it’s a hard market. Do I ignore until I get a new job or challenge my boss on the examples where it is clear I am out the loop!