Tough Luck lor. If you really want to stay must be thickskin a bit till you figure out how to avoid the scoldings and get on their good side or they themselves leave. Longevity is a lot about politics so bopian. What I did was take on a lot of work (overwork myself like siao) from the assocs that I liked so I don't have to deal with the "horrible" one in my team - win-win for me cause my billables remain high and I don't have to deal with that idiot also. In my team for 3.5 years now and that idiot is ontw out ))

But from what I have seen these kind of people generally see you as a threat to their own position. If it gets too much just leave and join an international firm if you can (since your team is so stronk). Having a horrible immediate superior just makes our hard job that much more unbearable.