I might be overly harsh, as she may just be trying to do well in her new role and make a good impression.
She’s been here for around 3 weeks and I’ve been here for 2 months roughly.
The very first time I worked with her I admit I didn’t have the greatest impression as they were watching Love Island and slagging off the girls, calling one ugly, saying another had an irritating voice etc. Coming from a woman in her forties slagging off 20 year olds.
Then I overheard her talking about a colleague in a previous job saying that she had not got on with her and “She spoke to me like that, I would have knocked her out”.
She’s new here but has a lot of previous experience in different roles.
She told me “Has the manager told you that we’re doing X in a different way from now on.”
Then before she told me that we had to fill in X form. As I have geek here longer I knew that x form was only for another team. I told her this kindly and she just said “No it’s for us.”
I said again firmly “It isn’t, it’s for the other team.” And explained why.
When I completed a task before she said “and did you make sure to do xyz ?”
I was doing 2 jobs separately and each time she rushed over and said I’ll do it I’ll do it. It could be trying to be nice but I saw it as trying to control.
Plus when I was doing my first job she corrected me “No, we aren’t allowed to use that here.”
I admit I had never been told about it, but it’s this I know everything attitude that is really irritating. I feel like it’s aimed at me too for some reason. She isn’t in a senior position to me either. Other times she’s nice, so I don’t understand.
I could see myself getting irritated and short before so I had to bite my tongue. Luckily I’m leaving soon but I’ll have to work with her again before then. Am I being overly harsh? I’ve never got this from other colleagues, even senior staff.