I'm in a data/ML role and unfortunately, my manager isn't great, both in terms of management and technical skills. I've been wanting to leave this team for some time. In our company, if you apply for an internal position, your manager gets notified immediately. The alternative is to reach out directly to the hiring manager for a lateral transfer. In this case, you don't need to inform your current manager until the new one agrees to take you on. Here's the catch: a few months ago, a colleague of mine applied for an internal position, and our manager confronted him aggressively, accusing him of betrayal. This led to my teammate withdrawing his application.
A few weeks later, I discreetly requested a lateral transfer by speaking directly with another manager for the same job. Initially, everything seemed fine, and I informed my current manager. But then, for some reason, she decided not to proceed with the transfer. I later discovered that my current manager had persuaded her to cancel it.
Now, there's a new position available in another team. I know I need to leave the current group or the organization because I can't stand my current manager. The dilemma is whether I should quietly apply for jobs outside the company or go ahead and apply for the new internal position. It might take up to six weeks to get a response, which means enduring six more weeks of mental torture from my current manager because he get's notified when I apply for internal position.