I work in a small team, all WFH, but part of a larger, private organisation. I'm the only full time person and work alone 2 days a week. Even my manager is part time. Bev, 'works' 2 days in my team. She is incredibly manipulative, selfish and wants to be the boss.
-She knows it all, then makes mistakes because she hasn't followed the training. The excuse is she only works 15hr a week- despite other team members doing the same.
-Bev always agrees to help other projects and take on extra work. Majority of the time, she won't help due to XYZ excuse and will just do our core work, whilst the rest of us have then been roped into doing these other projects.
- She changed my finish time on the rota, so she could leave earlier for her weekly hobby. I said no. I generally started/left earlier, she was a CF to not ask beforehand and could change her own working day. This caused her to go off in a complete huff, how rude I was, how unhelpful etc.
-Bev texted me on her day off, asking me to pass on medical appointment dates to our boss. I said its private info and to contact our boss herself the next day when she was working. This again caused her to go off about how she was only asking a favour, how unreasonable I was and she would have done it for me.
-Bev kept pushing I should take on an additional role. Think first aider or fire warden training for the team. She sent me the course info and training dates. I reminded her that we all WFH! We have no office, no one to provide first aid for- except myself! Once again, I was self fish and unreasonable to not take on extra things!
-She has been caught lying about days off and why she needed to suddenly leave early.
-These type of things, cause her to have a complete 'drama/meltdown day' when she doesn't get her way. She will either go off in a huff and no one can contact her, she will come back crying and bring up some BS story about why she hasn't been herself lately. Always a disproportionate excuse to explain her behaviour, which is forgotten the next day- despite it being the most unbelievable, horrendous event to ever happen. She doesn't even remember her own lies when we've asked the next day!
'How is your leg.'
'Its fine, I just got back from walking the dog, why do you ask?'
'Well yesterday, you said you'd fallen down the stairs and thought your leg was broken! That is why you had to leave early'
'Oh, yeah, umm, that's right, yes, well, its much better now! 🙄
I've considered a formal complaint, but each 'thing' she does isn't tangible enough and little evidence. We are all over 40 and Bev is in her 60's. Not sure why I'm writing this, but there are SO many more incidences which have caused myself and colleagues to hate working with Bev. Any advice appreciated if you've managed to read this far.