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Negative colleagues

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Zig27 · 14/09/2021 07:22

I started a temp job a few weeks ago. One guy in my office is quite a disagreeable person. When I speak to him or if anyone else does he always makes sure he disagrees with what they say, even if it is a non related work subject. He even said he doesn’t like the office politics and refused to even talk to people before our team meeting. He likes to think he is an expert about the organisation after working there 12 years and refuses to take on board new ideas.

There is a cleaner who is new too and an antagoniser asking questions and disagreeing with your answer about the location of times and swapping sanitiser bottle plungers around then saying they don’t work when they could have been left as they fitted on that bottle. The cleaner said the previous office he worked at within our company the management didn’t like him. I know how why.

What is the best way to not let this negativity get to me? I know I finish in a few weeks but I want to be happy at work.

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Zig27 · 14/09/2021 13:43

Today my colleague avoids me saying they have to work in a different room in the office which is short staffed due to a rota yet when the late staff come in the colleague still stays in that office. Talk about obvious avoidance. I see why no-one else stayed in this job. I can’t wait to leave.

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Showmethefood · 14/09/2021 14:52

It’s so annoying when people at work behave like this - especially when you’re new. Why can’t everyone just be nice to each other for goodness sake.

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