# Talking to HR - bad idea?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-hr-bad-idea/955965
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 13, 2021, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-hr-bad-idea/955965 "2021-12-13T05:46:07Z")
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### Author: ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-hr-bad-idea/955965/81 "2022-03-17T05:02:27Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> Do you have the option of transferring to a different team with a better manager? Or at least, a manager who hasn’t formed a negative impression of you? That’s what I did when I had this sort of issue, and it has been vastly successful.

To circle back: I’ve pulled this off and am now on another team. It’s mixed blessings: I’m now in a highly visible role as an eng lead on a huuuge project and it’s stressful, but I can prove myself valuable and will do so. I really like my new management team, up a couple of levels, and this is a great change.  
It’s really disappointing I had to switch. I loved the other project and the eng work was fun and challenging, the new stuff is old tech and not so much fun. I’ll be 60 next month and I’ll do this less fun stuff but I really feel I could have driven the new stuff somewhere. Shit. 😕

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