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To Have Murderous Thoughts About Colleague?

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Mansplanation · 08/08/2018 20:34

I’m leaving my job and my replacement was hired, so I’m handing over.

Today he’s been reviewing my work over the last few months to get familiar with the accounts and when I asked how he was getting on, his reply was ‘it’s all quite good actually! I’m really surprised!’ Hmm

Later in the day, he commented that ‘you’re actually quite good at your job aren’t you?’

Then ‘well done, this looks like you planned it this way’

He also proceeded to explain my job to me in great detail. Over. And over. And over again. All the while, asking very very basic questions and eventually I said ‘yep, that’s very standard, have you not seen that before?’ To call him out on it and he replied ‘yeah I have, I just wanted to see if you knew why it’s done that way’

I DID FUCKING PLAN IT THAT WAY, IM VERY GOOD AT MY JOB AND YOU ARE REPLACING ME BECAUSE IM MOVING TO A MUCH, MUCH MORE SENIOR ROLE YOU INTOLLERABLE, MANSPLAINING SHART GOBLIN Angry

Somebody PLEASE lend me their willpower because I’m one ‘well done’ away from stapling a gold star to his fucking forehead.

I need to bite my tongue so I can leave and get to my new job but I’m really bloody struggling Sad

OP posts:
Prawnofthepatriarchy · 14/08/2018 13:44

RTWT stands for read the whole thread, Ozbird. You hadn't bothered to RTWT which meant your post was pointless. You don't need to read every comment but it's considered poor form not to read the OP's updates. OP = original poster.

Ozbird36 · 14/08/2018 13:24

RTFT means what?

MrsSarahSiddons · 14/08/2018 12:05

Have you reported him to the police yet?

BolleauxtoBankers · 14/08/2018 11:58

If he was as incompetent as your original posts implied, I'm wondering at his being able to cause such financial havoc all by himself after such a short time Grin He must have had hidden depths!

CrabbityRabbit · 14/08/2018 07:51

What an utter, utter fuckwit he is.

How horrible for you OP to have all this shit to deal with overshadowing what should be a positive end of your role. You have behaved above reproach though and everyone seems to see that. Flowers

VelociraptorRex · 14/08/2018 07:37

I wonder if he's done this to other companies? Poor you OP, huge respect to you for trying to sort it out rather than sitting back like a lot of people I know would, hope you've got plenty of coffee Brew

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Mansplanation · 14/08/2018 07:33

The ‘what else has he done’ comment has worried me, I’m going to spend the day going through everything with a fine toothed comb.

I was working until 1am last night and had to be up at 5am Sad Credit where credit’s due, he’s totally screwed me over.

OP posts:
Ozbird36 · 14/08/2018 06:44

Ha ha! Love it.

colbyandmontysmum · 14/08/2018 01:28

Delurking to say I'm glad you managed to save the day! But...has IT finally got around to deleting his access??

KateGrey · 13/08/2018 20:51

I really hate when shitty behaviour is immediately associated with autism. He could just be arsehole!

Sounds like you’ve had one hell of a start to the week OP. Hopefully the police get involved. What an utter cunt!

PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks · 13/08/2018 20:50

Whaaaaaat????? Shock

KarlDilkington · 13/08/2018 20:30

QR , half way through, but you sound just as arrogant as him Confused

bertielab · 13/08/2018 20:11

Sounds like he is really vengeful and I'm sure your company's legal team are on it. Although it is really HR's job to get him locked out of email and systems as soon as he is fired.

All's well that ends well.

BrynhildurWhitemane · 13/08/2018 20:03

What else has he done that you don't know about yet?

I hadn't got this far, I'd be looking into what else he had access to.

AveABanana · 13/08/2018 19:57

What else has he done that you don't know about yet?

VelociraptorRex · 13/08/2018 19:42

Well done OP, sounds like quite a day, time to relax now? Wine

MyNameIsJane · 13/08/2018 19:21

Also, could you imagine what else he could have done if only he was as capable as he claimed to be?!

MyNameIsJane · 13/08/2018 19:19

I hope they do got to the police.

BrynhildurWhitemane · 13/08/2018 18:42

OP, sounds like a better result than you hoped for. I do hope SG ends up facing the police, he deserves to.

holidaylady · 13/08/2018 18:36

Wow well done OP sounds like the best result for you

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Mansplanation · 13/08/2018 18:00

What a bloody day Sad

I’ve managed to pull a refund out of my arse. No idea how I’ve managed it but the suppliers are fully refunding our weekend spend from 11pm onwards and re-crediting the accounts in the next 24 hours. Luckily we’re tier 1 spenders so have a good relationship. I owe one particular rep a shit ton of favours though.

Manager has tried contacting SG throughout the day, no reply obvs. MD is apparently checking where we stand with our legal advice people and I don’t think I’ll get an update on that any further.

SG has removed us from his LinkedIn profile and has set his status to ‘looking for new opportunities’ Hmm

I’m exhausted and I’ve been pulled in so many directions today I don’t know whether my head is still on the right way around.

It’s out of my hands now and as far as I can tell, I’m not in any trouble and neither is my manager. It’s being treated as ‘what a total shart goblin, who does that??’ Rather than ‘fuck why didn’t you spot this over the weekend/ know everything about him before he was hired’ etc, so I think everyone except HR guy is out of the woods.

HR guy has skipped some process during hiring so remains to be seen if his head will roll Sad I hope not, he’s good.

OP posts:
Anonnymouse54321 · 13/08/2018 16:57

"He fancies you. Simple's. halo"

And fucking idiotic and pointless post of the day award goes to.......

Waffles80 · 13/08/2018 16:48

@Ozbird36 have you RTFT?!? Hmm

Dinosharks · 13/08/2018 16:47

@ozbird36 you might want to read the rest of the thread things have moved on a fair bit - we are onto sackings and possible police involvement

Ozbird36 · 13/08/2018 16:25

Every remark he has made is a massive put-down, calculated to make you feel inferior. Roughly translated, he's telling you how surprised he is that, as a female, you actually have a brain. The guy is shallow, insecure and sexist. Best way to tackle him is to talk yourself up, and tell him about your amazing promotion. That will piss him off more effectively than anything else!