So I've been in AQ (at a LP) for roughly three years now and I am still having a bit of hard time with the way my boss works. He is been in the industry for a long time, so is very connected and very good at bringing in deals. However, his managerial skills are almost non-existent. He constantly treats me on a 'need to know basis' even though I'm an integral part of the team (we're very lean) - either I will not get included on the e-mail chain on a deal that we are working on, or he would rather forward me the e-mail, instead of including me in the first place. He also gets a little weird if I start interacting with GPs, let's say to clarify something, or when GPs reach out to me directly because his out of office e-mail specifically says to contact me if there's anything time sensitive. These are just a few examples. I was trying to see if I was being super sensitive, but then I noticed that my counterpart on the GP side, often gets included in said e-mails.
Overall, he just seems very insecure/petty, and definitely not one of those bosses that would mentor or even treat me as a team member (but I guess those are harder to come by anyway).
I've sorta raised this issue with other folks at the firm to get some perspective, and the feedback that I received was 'he's not going to change'.
If you were me, how would you approach this situation? Would you even discuss this with him?
How much do you like your job? Life's too short for shitty bosses.
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