>>And this time, be really clear with your new manager on what you want and what work or deliverables get you there. In many cases even this doesn't work. That

>>And this time, be really clear with your new manager on what you want and what work or deliverables get you there. In many cases even this doesn't work. That is unfortunately how toxic politics really is. Politics is an art of manipulating people and deceiving them into doing things. In the case you mentioned, its possible that the manager will agree for the deliverables on hand. When the time for reward comes, they will simply say there were other contenders and delivered more than you did. You can't argue much from there, because they will start throwing in the 'confidentiality' card saying "You don't know how much more the other guy delivered". Its always easy to say this because you don't have any way of verifying it. And calling their BS on their face means permanently damaging your relationship. Then you have no option but to leave. In short: If you have this kind of a manager, stop fighting the system, just leave.