cant stand a coworker

[rocco]

what do you do if you cant stand a coworker, like if you really hate and despise the guy, but you have to work in the same area as him?

keep in mind, you can only ignore the guy for so long, before you have to deal with him again. he is pretty much like ****blocker.

 

[banGbro]

Survival of the fittest. Display traits and behaviour of true alpha male. You can also leave the job.

Letting him affect you will make it worth.


Alpha male is a lot about body language, so you can stake your claim without ever saying a bad word.

 

[diablo]

Moved to AE...

 

[Hitman10000]

Make friends with other coworkers, thus his assh*ole ways will be dampened by your alliances with other coworkers. Otherwise put up or get out.

 

[spider_007]

I work with guy that doesn't like ...and i'm kind of indiferent to him......we can go weeks without saying a single word to eachother...and we work 5 feet from each other.

you just gotta deal with it and do your own thing, and not let people and things bother you.

 

[dot]

just ignore him. dont even look at him. only talk to him if it's needed to work.

 

[ExploringOne]

You can't stand him for personal reasons, or b/c he's just an @$$ to everyone?

Anyway, you really have three options.

1. Do nothing. Continue interacting w/him as you have before.
2. Freeze out. Completely ignore this guy, get other people to ingnore him too.
3. Termination. Get the guy fired. Yeah it's extreme, but if he deserves it... well, why not?

I'm an advocate of option 2, although I have had to use option 3 two times.

"Hmm, he didn't pass a random drug test?" :trouble:

Sometimes it just so happens that these test are prompted by an anonymous call....

Sometimes somebody buys coffee for everyone in the office... just to be nice. Who knows what those crazies at Starbucks put into those drinks...

Sometimes there is a drug test the next day. The rest is history...

 

[rocco]

You can't stand him for personal reasons, or b/c he's just an @$$ to everyone?

i think both. but i may be a bit biased also, and that it may be that i just cant stand him for personal reasons. when i first started working at the office, he was an azzhole, then things cooled off when i tried to be nice to him for awhile just so he'd get off my back. then he became a real prick when he found out i was ignoring him, and talking to everyone else. lol

 

[ExploringOne]

I don't know if you want to do this, but there is one other route you can take.

Go to your HR department, claim that this person is harassing you, and creating a hostile work environment. Just have actual proof as to how this guy is being a pain. Or be sure that your co-workers would back up your story, and not his.

If nothing else, if there is a conflict with that person later on, you're already on record as having reported the problem.

Still, as I said before, I'm an advocate of option 2.