He's just called me, supposedly to talk to me about the argument we had this morning - which is very out of character, he would usually just ignore it, lol - but after I drew him out he told me some more stuff about work. His manager just told him his performance review will be some time this month, to 'discuss some work related issues' I've made him promise to make an appointment to talk to HR about the situation, I guess it's a compromise, because he's really not comfortable going to the MD. I've met with her a few times, when she was interviewing me, and she seems to be a very competent woman, so I'm hoping it'll lead somewhere and the issues will start being resolved