Timeline for What to do with an awkward colleague?
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| Apr 18, 2023 at 15:37 | comment | added | bobo2000 | Yes they are an expert, can get complex work done quickly | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 14:43 | comment | added | Fiora the Ferret | @bobo2000 Don't confuse years of experience with expertise! | |
| Apr 18, 2023 at 10:16 | comment | added | bobo2000 | @FioratheFerret relative to my peers, they have the most experience working in that particular technology. 15+ years. I do think they are replaceable, but it is about finding the right person to replace them with. | |
| Apr 17, 2023 at 10:11 | comment | added | Fiora the Ferret | The problem with tolerating a "brilliant asshole" is that when management finally grow a pair, they tend to find that the "briiliant" part was an illusion. | |
| Apr 17, 2023 at 10:00 | comment | added | Fiora the Ferret | Is he actually good at what he does, or has he simply engineered himself a position where he's the only person with critical knowledge (either by withholding information, or by creating a monster which only he understands)? | |
| Apr 13, 2023 at 9:39 | comment | added | bobo2000 | @Donald work is generally still getting done. The impact is on team dynamics. Tense working environment and sometimes the communication can be disjointed making it harder to facilitate, because colleague can’t be bothered to attend a meeting to give one example | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 21:31 | comment | added | Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen | Split the team and let him work alone. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 19:38 | comment | added | Donald | @bobo2000 - How impactful are these deviations of these agreements. Are they are annoying or do they actually prevent work being performed? Trying to understand if the approach the individual is taking or if it's the actual deviations that are the actual problem. The human behavior is better left to their manager. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 17:23 | comment | added | bobo2000 | I have no line management duties, role is closely aligned to a Scrum Master. The actual Managers here tend to avoid dealing with complex situations since it’s the easiest thing to do. So when people become rogue and toxic they end up taking full advantage of it. Problem with my role given that I have no authority, is I’m highly dependent on not rocking the boat, otherwise team will turn against me and become less responsive. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 15:14 | comment | added | keshlam | You're saying "colleague". That implies you aren't in their management chain. That means your options are talking to management, trying to work with them directly as a peer to fix it, or declaring it Someone Else's Problem it Someone Else's Problem and ignoring or avoiding them (perhaps transferring to a position where you don't have to deal with them, or as a last resort finding a job elsewhere). If there are "quite a few toxic people", that is abnormal and leaving seems the best option... assuming that this really is the case rather than your needing to recalibrate your own expectations. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 13:54 | comment | added | bobo2000 | @JoeStrazzere no that is another one, we no longer work together and I’ve had peace of mind since. On a wider note, as you can probably see from some of my posts , there are quite a few toxic people within the working environment. Trying to navigate them can be tricky. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 13:20 | answer | added | nvoigt♦ | timeline score: 15 | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 13:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 12, 2023 at 12:59 | comment | added | bobo2000 | In one ear out the other for me. They totally annoy me though. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 12:48 | comment | added | Jon Custer | Which, of course, only harms the team even more. Sorry you are in this situation. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 12:47 | comment | added | bobo2000 | Crossed my mind. None of my managers have the balls to make that decision. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 12:42 | comment | added | Jon Custer | Let them go is the obvious answer. No matter how good they are, the harm to the team is evident. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 12:34 | history | asked | bobo2000 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |