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SweetTea*83SweetTea*83
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When I was hired for my current job, one of my employees was in the running for my position and was turned down. This makes for an awkward situation, since she now has to work for the person who beat her out for the job. Well, I was hoping after I heard this that she'd be cool about it, but that's not been the case. She asks me questions she knows I don't know during my staff mtgs to try and make me look dumb in front of my team, and throws me under the bus every chance she gets. I give her projects to do and she hands them back to me a week later, saying "I didn't have time to get to that", and I proceed to push them back across the desk and tell her to make it a priority and complete it. So difficult to work with, and she's supposed to be my right hand man. Ugh. 69 more days until maternity leave.
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  • ambigsambigs
    ugh.  sorry that sounds super frustrating and annoying!  i know i would hate dealing with that.  have you been able to make any friends at work or at least have some people you enjoy working with?
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    She sure isn't making this easy for you.  There must be a reason why she didn't get the job.  Obviously your boss and whoever else made the hiring decision is aware of her abilities or she would have gotten the job.  I would be willing to guess that others have deemed her difficult to work with, or, like I said, she would have gotten the job.  Although it sucks to have to put up with her, I would image that your boss would be on your side.  They did choose YOU, after all.  Have you brought this up with your boss?
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  • SweetTea*83SweetTea*83

    imageambigs:
    ugh.  sorry that sounds super frustrating and annoying!  i know i would hate dealing with that.  have you been able to make any friends at work or at least have some people you enjoy working with?

    There's one woman in my office with friend potential, and a few others who are on a friend-ish level.  In general, people there have been pretty decent to deal with besides some of the petty crap that you get when all your employees are women and they've all worked there for 25+ years with each other doing the same job.  I can't even imagine.  Indifferent 

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  • SweetTea*83SweetTea*83

    imageraches:
    She sure isn't making this easy for you.  There must be a reason why she didn't get the job.  Obviously your boss and whoever else made the hiring decision is aware of her abilities or she would have gotten the job.  I would be willing to guess that others have deemed her difficult to work with, or, like I said, she would have gotten the job.  Although it sucks to have to put up with her, I would image that your boss would be on your side.  They did choose YOU, after all.  Have you brought this up with your boss?

    Ding ding ding!  You got it.  My boss knows all about it and is frustrated too.  Right now I'm still taking the Earn Her Respect, Win Her Over approach....but the time is coming for a Come to Jesus meeting.  If someone would tell her why she was passed over for the promotion, that would probably help immensely.  People need feedback...and I can't really speak on her past since I wasn't there and have no examples.  I'm quickly building my own set, unfortunately.  Sometimes there are glimmers of hope that we are going to have a good working relationship, but I still have to watch my back.     

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