The worst thing you could do is nothing. If you don’t like your group, then go to another group. If you can’t change your group, then skill up and become invaluable to your current group and manager. It gives you a better footing and you’ll find you’ll have a larger say into what goes on whether you’re a manager or not. If you still don’t like your group or manager, It also gives you a better bargaining chip to go elsewhere outside of Citi.
Let’s face it, there are some very small micro managers out there. Some only know how to rule out of fear and actually enjoy barking at their employees. You can turn the table by skilling up and proving to them that YOU are more valuable than THEY are. Of course doing so, you now become a threat and a then later a target. You have to realize that and may end up leaving anyway.
If you in an unfortunate situation and can’t move or can’t leave, sometime all you can do is nothing but endure. This is the worst position to be in and is very sad. I heard a manager say one time that this is what they work toward to have their people put into a position to where they can’t leave or move groups. This way you can bark out anything and watch them all scurry around out of fear to get things done. To me this is a very sad individual in a position of power and its very hard to work for such a person but they do exist in Citi. Just keep skilling up if you can, if its possible and try to leave. I realize its very hard to do if they already demand long hours per day and you have a house full of kids to tend to but try. Whatever you do, don’t go to HR and complain. Every person I know who has done that, “somehow”, no one knows how, it leaked out, nothing happened, the manager complained against remained and the complainer became a target.