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I work in a small team with a senior manager, junior colleague and one grade-equivalent colleague who is new. We are part of a bigger team.
Last week, junior and senior colleagues were at a different office. I inducted the new guy. I had some immediate concerns about his behaviour.
He seems bright and able to do the work but was rude, arrogant, patronising, occasionally aggressive (not in a threatening or violent way), disobeyed some instructions and argued against a security measure. Others mentioned his rudeness to me too.
I thought this may be nerves at first but I made an effort to be welcoming and he did not change noticeably as the week continued.
When my colleagues returned, I raised to my manager the behaviour with examples (not a formal complaint) and on his advice I had a chat with junior colleague to say she should keep an open mind when she met him but to report any inappropriate behaviour, with a wider message that any bullying would not be accepted. New chap was not in the office so they had not met him.
My main concern was that new guy and junior colleague would be the only ones in the team for 2 weeks due to leave and that his behaviour might affect her confidence.
Also we have a great team dynamic and I don't want it undermined by shitty behaviour.
Manager was very clear that his sort of behaviour could amount to bullying and that he would step in immediately if we reported anything further.
I now feel I may have been unreasonable to put a black mark next to his name when the others hadn't properly met him. If not going on leave I would have left it longer to see if he settled. I asked both to keep it confidential but worry I should not have spoken up so early on.
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ThunderClouds · 09/03/2017 17:22
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