This happened to me. It is very challenging if your manager doesn’t support you. If you start getting undermined by getting skipped over, it is your direct mana

This happened to me. It is very challenging if your manager doesn’t support you. If you start getting undermined by getting skipped over, it is your direct managers job to stop it. I found my direct manager was not covering me so I asked for the person to be moved out from under me. I also refused to do any further management under these circumstances. If you have no top level cover: You are in a very compromised position as a middle manager. Being a manager requires being protected.If you are not being covered then get out of there. This person was monopolizing my budget because my direct manager gave them control over the funding. I told my direct manager that I need to run the budget and they refused to give me control. If you are in this situation you have to get out.