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I’m not sure of your organizational structure, and if I had to guess it probably is designed to take power away from engineers, but if you’re able to talk to a manager about your near hostile PM it might be a good time to do so so thst someone has your back. Obvious caveat that this assumes your entire management chain isn’t complete garbage, which is a big assumption considering the story you provided.

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Unfortunately, you're right and I don't really have anyone to turn to within the organization.

My manager was wrangled into this by the project manager. I explained the situation and his response was "I agree with you, but you have to do whatever the project manager says".

While that isn't word for word, I'm not paraphrasing.

In most situations, that is when it’s time to look for a new job if you value your mental health. Nobody needs to work for a bully PM.

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