Advice needed

[C0rdelia]

I have a Masters degree and have worked here for 15 years. I’m 43.
New person is 26 and post-doc, been here 2 weeks.. She keeps correcting everything I write and do. I don’t want to resign but what do I do apart from unreasonably thump her?

Is she correcting actual mistakes?
Is she your manager? Is correcting you part of her role?

She's either in a position to correct you or she isn't. Her age is irrelevant.

Why is your instinct to resign? And is she rightly correcting you?

That sounds awfully tedious and the kind of shit I would have pulled at that age before it was beaten out of me. Tell her quietly but firmly to knock it on the head. You'll be doing her a favour.

Why on earth would you resign instead of just dealing with it?

If it is her role to manage or supervise you, then her age is irrelevant and you have to suck it up.

If it isn't then address it - either by saying to her 'it isn't your role to correct me so please don't' or by speaking to your line manager and asking them to deal with it.

Her age is irrelevant. As is her qualification if she is correct

Is yours a subjective research area?

I Have a PhD and I'm retraining in a different area with not as high level qualification. I have to take instructions from those young enough to be my children. I have no issue with this.