Reply #21: How about something along these lines: [View All]

[barb162]

Go to the managers you like the best and tell the manager that you find his work really interesting and leave the snake COMPLETELY out of the conversation. Ask if he thinks it's workable to be your supervisor and that you would like to work for him full-time. Something to the effect that you think you do your best work when you work with him, whatever, but never mention the compatibility issue.

If you get a mediocre review, make sure you diplomatically contest every single bad point and hand in a copy of that to HR so it is in your permanent file.

I worked for a snake for 13 years. They fuck with your brain, they sabotage, they are sociopaths, they are the worst.