I currently work for a lab, and my boss who is not a PI (doesn't even work with me daily or even interact often) seems to hate me. In terms of my work, I accomplish what is being asked of me (only limitations include how reality works and how science works) and I have learned a lot. The project I am on currently has been ongoing before I came in and when I came in I was not even given a proper briefing or guidance and so I had to learn a lot on my own. When my boss first asked about the project as a quiz sort of thing to me, I blanked because I was completely new.
More interestingly, the project seems to be a dead end as three or so months ago the post doc working on this project quit the project, while my boss is still telling me to continue the project. Moving to the present, my appointment needed to be renewed and when I approached my boss about it he said okay everything stays the same just extended a year contract. When I talked to HR about it they mentioned that instead of giving a simple yes, he had a longer answer. So am I in the worst case scenario for a Rec? If so what can I do to alleviate this problem.