Friend in Need….

My friend (yes?friend – It is not me!) has recently gone through a large department merger and on the face of it his newly assigned boss is fine.

However recently (I?m told) a boss from a similar internal IT department has started to assign tasks for him to do. Problem is that his new boss seems to think this is OK despite him now not having enough time to complete normally assigned tasks.

Please note that this new boss happens to be a newbie at the role and lacks any real leadership.

My friend has approached his boss and every time it is met with a blank response or no tangible outcome. He is now asking me for advice due to us working within the same department pre-merger (I left).

Any good ideas?