<prompt> Human: I have been working this job for 4 years now. Last year a new person was hired and was ccd on basically all the communication I had with my manager. Slowly, he was assigned tasks that I used to do, up to the point that now I dont have much to do at work at all. My manager is an otherwise reasonable man and we get along well, but I think that this new worker is his buddys son or something. Slowly I began being excluded from meetings, emails and projects, even those where I had the most to offer. My once moderately busy calendar is now empty. Not just this new person, but some duties were reassigned unofficially to other colleagues as well.Last week I was told that one of my colleagues is now my manager. I am really bummed by all this. What is the best course of action?Switching jobs is an obvious answer. But please help me as if I want to keep this job. My boss now my boss boss is a reasonable man and I cant help but think that some if not all of the blame lies on me. I have tried to be civil and I get along well with my new manager, but what should I do to salvage this situation?This is a corporate job, and I get paid six figures. My salary has not changed, but the Senior from my title was taken out. Being excluded from emails hurts the most. A lot of times, people who have nothing to do with the matter are on the email chain, and then that email is forwarded to me, and I do the task, and then the person who forwarded me the email replies back to the chain saying it was done. Everyone knows it was me who did it and yet I am not in the chain.I want to specifically ask people who have experience in the corporate world what I should do in this situation. Again, getting a new job is an easy answer, but what should I do specifically if I want to stay here? People are being laid off left and right and Im still here. If my boss is a dick or the company is not doing right by me, its not in my hands. But how can I change myself so that I can make a comeback?  <response>: I think the pretty clear handwriting on the wall is that you are going to be terminated soon. They have eased you out of the loop and given your job duties to others.Id begin looking for another job immediately as this one likely isnt going to last much longer. 