First, is the manager new to the group or new to the organization? If the manager new to the group then you need to be careful, could be someone's buddy,relati

First, is the manager new to the group or new to the organization? If the manager new to the group then you need to be careful, could be someone's buddy,relative, or has been tagged for "great things" by senior management. Do your homework on the new person first. Even if the person is new to the organization, they still may be connected in your organization. The fact that he doesn't want to talk to you means he either wants you gone or already has a plan in place to make you gone, he might have a friend he wants to hire. I got whacked from a job that way. New CEO, hires his buddy. I report to the buddy, the buddy won't speak with me ever, for any reason. He holds 1-1's with everyone but me. He even has rules for how the 1-1's take place, no communication for me. I was working on something very important for the company, once I finished the work, it took 8 months. Two days later I got a meeting invite from him, entitled "catch up". I assumed I was getting fired. When I got on the call, the first thing out of my mouth was, "Hello Mr.s VP of HR" I shocked the hell out of her, then proceeded to tell her the my boss never speaks to me and since he sent me an invite after completing my project it must of have meant that I was getting fired. I got fired on Friday, and my replacement started on Monday, he worked with the my boss and the CEO at their previous company. I found out later that being able to hire the friend was part of the agreement before my boss took his job. I got fired without my boss ever having spoken to me. Apparently he was incredibly impressed with me, but he wanted his buddy.