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Difficult Colleagues during Notice Period

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Cbgds87 · 22/04/2023 10:50

Any advice on navigating difficult colleagues during notice period. I have previously only left good employers/colleagues and tried to enjoy notice period there.

I was told by another colleague (not my manager, same role as me but more years in role) in quite a threatening tone not to dare touch many aspect of my role anymore as he would be taking it over and needed to do anything related to it. I offered to explain how a certain process worked, run through procedures and go through it all with him, but he flatly refused.

Anyway he eventually got stuck on a part of the process , so asked me to look over something and in process of showing me he had his teams chat with our manager open for me to clearly see and their was some quite bitchy comments about me, from both my manager and this colleague. Full on detailed paragraphs not just a few words! (These are 40+ year old men, i'm in my mid 20s!) Then also remarks about how i was such a poor communicator and couldn't wait for me to actually leave!

The thing is my manager never once raised anything in my 1:1s, appraisals or reviews, past two reviews i was marked as exceeding expectations. I've been there around 2 years its just made me feel anxious about next few weeks. I'm the only female in team of 6 and i'm quieter one of lot, tend to keep head down, just get on with it. But seeing these comments has made me dread next few weeks.

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Greensleevevssnotnose · 22/04/2023 13:08

Raise it and ask to be out in garden leave

whatisforteamum · 22/04/2023 18:04

I feel for you.Either just do your job and leave quite glad to be out of there or raise it with their boss and say it is a toxic environment.

eurochick · 22/04/2023 19:00

It was deliberate that you saw the chat. Do you have a HR team? I would contact them and say you are being bullied.

piedbeauty · 22/04/2023 19:04

Ugh, your colleague and boss sound like bullies. Horrible behaviour, especially with the age difference. Your boss sounds like a shit manager if he's happy to make comments like this on Teams but hasn't mentioned any offices in appraisals.

I'd go to HR, say what you have seen, make a complaint.

I'd also put in writing that your colleague has refused a handover and anything aggressive/inappropriate he has said. Sounds like they both require some equality training and some training in how to communicate without being dickheads.

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