How to deal with colleague?

[granddesigns1]

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I started a job in the banking industry last month. I am 21 and this is my first proper job - I am not used to the cutthroat culture.

One colleague doesn’t like me. We got on when we first met, then it transpired that she is dating someone at work and he kept talking to me. She confronted me and asked what was going on between him and I! I was oblivious to the drama as I didn’t know they were together and we were just talking about work, nothing inappropriate.

Since then:

• she gives me dirty looks whenever she sees me and otherwise ignores me, making it difficult to work with her
• she randomly passed me on lots of her caseload and it is all a mess, nothing has been done properly and will take me hours to rectify. Very complex
• when I asked her for help about this (ie to clarify her notes) she refused and said “it’s a you problem.” I’m still training and don’t have all the knowledge to deal with this alone

But at the same time, she’s very popular at work so I don’t think a complaint would go far. What should I do?

Finished too soon. This shows that you are on top of the situation and also drops your evil colleague in it with the line manager.

Thank you all very much, we’ll see how it goes tomorrow

@granddesigns1 - how are thing's?

“Hi manager, I’d be grateful for the opportunity of a chat about prioritisation of my workload when you have time. I’ve had a quick look at the files X delegated to me and if I’ve understood it all correctly, it looks as though there may be some time-consuming updates/corrections needed. I don’t want this to have an adverse impact on my existing caseload so would appreciate some guidance as to priorities. Happy to work overtime if needed to get everything back on track but thought a chat with you about it first would be appropriate.”