I’m two months into a new job where I am still finding my feet.
The large team are lovely generally except for one woman who is slightly more senior than I am.
I am being part trained by her but I don’t report into her. I find her extremely unprofessional, patronising and difficult to follow.
I have been referred to by her as ‘the new pretty girl on the team’ despite being over ten years older than her, which I felt was not a compliment but a way to be condescending. I’m far too old to be referred to like that.
She talks really fast, and a lot of the time she just doesn’t make sense. She gossips to me about other staff members. I think she’s trying to be helpful and insightful, but it just makes me feel uncomfortable.
She seems very well liked by others on the team including our team leader.
I personally think she is threatened by me as I am far more experienced than her
Earlier in the week I shared some ideas I had and she was quite dismissive and kept outlining challenges but redeemed herself at the end by saying my ideas were good. Really really weird! 🤨 Even if my ideas were crap, she could have been more diplomatic. She’s in a senior managerial role but I find her very inexperienced and juvenile.
Just wanted your thoughts on this situation? I feel like I’m too new in the role to raise this as an issue, but I’m worried if I let it continue, she will become worse.
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