My wife works at Microsoft and for the 1st time in her career experienced over the top aggressive behavior from her manager
He was blaming her for potential risks on a project he already sold to SLT. While explaining to him she always flagged in her communication engineering commitment was not 100% confirmed but had high confidence, her manager was looking away, nervously taking deep breathes multiple times before making eye contact again with her to re emphasize aggressively she was to blame
She was shocked, felt really uncomfortable and just nodded to everything he said from there as no matter what point she would bring, none would be listened to
They ended their meeting then he came back 10 min later apologizing 3 times in row saying that after reading all the communication threads he understood and supported how she framed the project
This is really hard for her, never happened this way before in her career, she is really intimidated by this aggressive behavior and fears this can happen again
Iโm looking for guidance on who to deal with this. Should this be brought to HR and or skip manager? Always thought Microsoft is an environment where those type of behaviors are unacceptable. Is HR or management supportive in those type of situations? Have you experienced this yourself? Are there risks of retaliation or damaging her career if an official complaint is made?
Thank you all for your help and sharing your experience
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I would be passive aggressively looking for team to switch to and prepare for job change at the same time.