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Manipulative colleague

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cakes90 · 16/12/2021 21:04

I was temping for a company then the contract finished. At the time I was working with a woman who I had known for many years before. We had a disagreement as she can be quite abrupt and burns herself out to impress management.

After I left she got in touch saying we should catch up, I thought it was strange considering we had, had a disagreement. We caught up once as I thought she wanted to be friends. She kept contacting me about a job coming up at the company. I applied and got the job.

Since I got the job she has tried to palm her work off onto me even though we are in a different team. The supervisor and manager have spoken to her numerous times about what my duties are and I have told her too. She is stand offish now just because I have wised up to her game and won’t do her work.

She has told me she wants to change jobs so I understand she has probably had enough. I just feel she is manipulative and pretended to want to be friendly just to get me back to do her work. Looking back all her messages were all about the job applying for the job I now have. How is the best way to avoid her? Luckily she works from home.

OP posts:
DaisyNGO · 16/12/2021 22:06

So what does she do now? If she messages about anything other than work, don't reply.

cakes90 · 16/12/2021 22:40

@DaisyNGO She only emails at work about trying to get out of doing her job. No more text messages. I need to give her a wide berth.

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DaisyNGO · 16/12/2021 22:58

[quote cakes90]@DaisyNGO She only emails at work about trying to get out of doing her job. No more text messages. I need to give her a wide berth.[/quote]
I'd be replying with "not my job" but that's me.

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