How to get my VP fired
How can I get my vp fired before she gets me fired?
Context: MBA associate at a industry specific boutique. VP is targeting my job and complains about me to seniors to cover herself, her ugly personality, and non-existing work ethic.
She is known for her brutality, being difficult to work with, and has gotten previous team members fired.
Any help on turning the tables would be appreciated.
Tread carefully. You need to take an honest assessment of how this person really is. Have they brought in really good deals? Have they done good work in the past, but are now tapering off a little and that’s what you see? How close are they to the senior people? Are there personal connections through friends or family that give this person staying power? Anything that gives you useful information on how entrenched this person really is. Unless this person doesn’t bring in business, isn’t good, never has been good, and never had any strong connection to anyone, this is going to be tough to pull off as someone who is just joining the firm.
Is there another team you can try to get onto? Short of that, is there some entrepreneurial stuff you can do to prove your worth? I’d say focus on keeping your own job rather than setting up the VP for failure. You never know, the VP may be throwing blame on you now because they perceive that the pressure is on them, but once that subsides (either improves or they get fired), they may come to bat for you.
Comment above is spot on. My (similar) 2cents below as well.Depends massively on what her standing is in the team and other relationships she might have. You could try and hedge yourself to seniors. If MDs are open to chat and look like decent folks then talk to them but be v careful how you phrase this (don't go all in saying she's fighting me), give specific examples and let them arrive to that conclusion. Before you do that though, you need to understand i) Why is she still there? If she's done this before then people probably know, which means there's backing from somewhere. Be very careful. If that's the case and you make the right points then the exact opposite will happen, they might get you fired. ii) Can you trust seniors? Even if they are decent, will they side with the "greater good"? Answer here is not clear cut. Having said that, are you better off going to HR? Again, their role is to protect the firm, not the employee and if you raise serious points they might get worried that the real "risk" is you who makes all the fuss. Same goes if you talk to MDs.This is an extremely toxic situation which takes a toll on one's state of mind. Be very careful on how you handle it, sometimes is best if you just withdraw yourself from this. Switch teams / recruit elsewhere. Your goal here is to protect yourself, not attack others.
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