Hi everyone, I'd appreciate any thoughts on this situation.
I've been working for a small company for nearly two years. It's a small team and it was tough at first because there were some difficult personalities to deal with (that I hadn't been forewarned about when I should have been).
The issue I now have is an ongoing power struggle I'm trying to disengage from! A member of the team doesn't report to me, which is not a problem for me, but they're proving to be a real pain in the arse (apologies but am at the end of the line with it). They're constantly interrupting me in meetings, setting me up in meetings ("oh I think the team want to discuss this" when we have already agreed a course of action) and going off on tangents about what we could deliver as a service when their role is nothing to do with that.
The other issue I have, more seriously, is that they have no time management skills. They leave everything to the last minute and interrupt me when they need something done last minute- they're never small things, always reports etc. I am trying to manage that.
They seem incapable of stepping back and doing their own job. It's very clear that they're a bit of a control freak - based on the stories they tell - but it's also very clear that they seem to bounce from one topic to another with no clear plan.
Before I joined they had stepped in to look after the team whilst recruitment was going on.
I am sick to death of it. Senior leadership are not good at dealing with this. Their mindset is that everything's working great because they are so distant from it. I've now been told that this person has told senior leadership they think I'm leaving. I am not. I have no idea where that comes from.
Is it worth staying or should I just move on?
Have you ever had this situation and how did you deal with it?