Refusing to work with a colleague
Discussion
There are fewer than 20 employees in my office, and only 8 in my department.
1 in particular is very argumentative/aggressive/unpleasant. Two others have (for different reasons) have openly refused to work with him, to my amazement management are OK with this.
He's since gone even more ape s
t and is arguing that they are being paid to do a job and therefore they must communicate with him.
Are there any rules when this sort of thing happens? I personally would have guessed that the two refusing to work with him would have been reprimanded but evidently not!
1 in particular is very argumentative/aggressive/unpleasant. Two others have (for different reasons) have openly refused to work with him, to my amazement management are OK with this.
He's since gone even more ape s
t and is arguing that they are being paid to do a job and therefore they must communicate with him.Are there any rules when this sort of thing happens? I personally would have guessed that the two refusing to work with him would have been reprimanded but evidently not!
SkinnyPete said:
A useless attitude is not against company policy it seems, oh and I think my manager is scared of his aggressive side.
New manager? Just a thought..Communication tends to be a core competancy in most jobs - If I remember correctly.
If this individual is not meeting a required standard as expected by the company (whether policy or not), then he needs to be managed to improve.
Cards on the table time I'm afraid..The poor lamb might go off sick though...But all is not lost, this can also be managed by a competant manager (see earlier)
Stating that you find it hard to work with this guy and that in the interests of a client it might be best not to be paired with him is one thing. Refusing to communicate with him is actually a form of bullying by exclusion (potentially), but is very unprofessional regardless (this aggressive guy is correct).
There are a few people at my place who I would rather not work with, and even a couple I genuinely dislike (this is mutual too- not just me hating people). But I am civil and communicate with them when needed.
Management should stop being a bunch of pussies and deal with it. The atmosphere in that place must be a joke!
There are a few people at my place who I would rather not work with, and even a couple I genuinely dislike (this is mutual too- not just me hating people). But I am civil and communicate with them when needed.
Management should stop being a bunch of pussies and deal with it. The atmosphere in that place must be a joke!
I would expect that your management are only 'okay with this' in so far as it does not affect work and the business nor present a flight risk for employees.
An easy retort would be that the line manager is poor. More likely, he or she simply does not have any experience or training in how to mediate or deal with conflict.
Clearly the situation is escalating and will not cease or resolve itself so burying one's head in the sand is going to do nothing. If the internal managers are not up to it then perhaps look for some external work place mediation.
An easy retort would be that the line manager is poor. More likely, he or she simply does not have any experience or training in how to mediate or deal with conflict.
Clearly the situation is escalating and will not cease or resolve itself so burying one's head in the sand is going to do nothing. If the internal managers are not up to it then perhaps look for some external work place mediation.
STW2010 said:
Stating that you find it hard to work with this guy and that in the interests of a client it might be best not to be paired with him is one thing. Refusing to communicate with him is actually a form of bullying by exclusion (potentially), but is very unprofessional regardless (this aggressive guy is correct).
On the flip side, they might not be communicating with him (aka ignoring) due to this guy being aggressive toward them, which is also bullying.An interesting predicament, and as mentioned by a few, it needs the intervention of a competent manager.
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