I have been working at an organization for 6 years since finishing university. For the past two months, I've had to report to a newly-hired supervisor who has clearly taken a dislike to me. Without going into details,
I have become unpopular after drawing attention to improprieties in some past research/reporting and raising objections to the supervisor's suggested measures (which seem both inadequate and dishonest).
I have taken the issue to a director, who has mediated, but his patience seems to have worn thin with me for having been assertive.
Although no one has said anything, in practice I seem to have been divested of my responsibilities on various projects. I'm being assigned the type of work I was doing as a fresh graduate and told to submit
weekly summaries akin to a timesheet.
I feel I am persona non grata at this office and have no future at this organization. I can just go along until I find another job, or I can go on the warpath and raise the issue of these improprieties with higher authorities (it's a small organization and there's really no other senior person from within who can likely help). Either way, I'm rather worried about getting a fair recommendation from this employer in order to move on. This is really the only organization I've worked for and before all this, I was considered
a good employee. I'm quite concerned that this supervisor and the director will be vindictive and give me a poor reference if contacted by a potential employer.
Can anyone suggest a strategy? If it weren't for this matter, I'd probably resign at once.