Interesting goings on, work edition
Dec. 26th, 2025 08:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
superbadgirlAbout six months ago, we hired a new person to work at the front desk. There are two people who work up there, and one of them has a long, storied history of drumming others out by manipulating, bullying and generally being difficult. She does this thing where she will withhold key elements when teaching someone how to do a task, then acting befuddled when they aren't able to do the task. The new hire ... lacks social cues is the best way I can describe him. Absolutely cringy facial expressions, over-laughing for no reason, etc. I think maybe he's trying to mask what he thinks is customary mannerisms, but it's extremely off putting. He also seems very, very infatuated with the boss, which makes everyone uncomfortable.
That's problematic at a "face of the office" position, but the bigger issue is he's also a bit unsophisticated. I have no idea how he got glowing reviews, but the man does not grasp basic office skills. Can't work the copier. Has to be told twelve times what something means only to not have any idea what it means. It's a bad fit, and I don't think there's one person who thinks otherwise except for another coworker who is 1) never physically in the office and 2) is remarkably similar to him in her inability to read the room.
Anyway, on Tuesday the OG front office person was openly badmouthing the newbie to anyone who would listen. This isn't new behavior. But she made it clear the gloves were off. I was in the bathroom, which is adjacent to the lobby area and I heard very loud shouting. I thought maybe it was a client. Nope. Apparently OG came up to grab the ringing phone and transfer it to her desk, when Newbie said, "If you're sick, you shouldn't be touching the phone and you should wear a mask." OG touched the phone, forwarded the call, took the call and then ... went up to Newbie with a finger in his face and yelled at him because he said that when a client was in the office. He told her to shove it up her ass. She departed again to try to cool off, but something must have happened because she again entered the space, coughed directly on him and said something like, "I hope you get this."
Yeahhhhh. OG is on administrative leave. Newbie is, I think, feeling victorious. Which I don't think he should be because he is not performing well on any front that I can tell.
Oh, and also? The boss has been on vacation all week, so another manager who happened to be present to have meetings with her staff (different department) had to deal with the incident reports, yadda.
To be frank, I think BOTH of them should be let go. OG because of her very long history and Newbie because he is incompetent. But who knows what will happen. Ugh.
Totally unrelated - started a rewatch of Supernatural which is on a streaming platform and they replaced all the original music with fake rock. It's awful.
That's problematic at a "face of the office" position, but the bigger issue is he's also a bit unsophisticated. I have no idea how he got glowing reviews, but the man does not grasp basic office skills. Can't work the copier. Has to be told twelve times what something means only to not have any idea what it means. It's a bad fit, and I don't think there's one person who thinks otherwise except for another coworker who is 1) never physically in the office and 2) is remarkably similar to him in her inability to read the room.
Anyway, on Tuesday the OG front office person was openly badmouthing the newbie to anyone who would listen. This isn't new behavior. But she made it clear the gloves were off. I was in the bathroom, which is adjacent to the lobby area and I heard very loud shouting. I thought maybe it was a client. Nope. Apparently OG came up to grab the ringing phone and transfer it to her desk, when Newbie said, "If you're sick, you shouldn't be touching the phone and you should wear a mask." OG touched the phone, forwarded the call, took the call and then ... went up to Newbie with a finger in his face and yelled at him because he said that when a client was in the office. He told her to shove it up her ass. She departed again to try to cool off, but something must have happened because she again entered the space, coughed directly on him and said something like, "I hope you get this."
Yeahhhhh. OG is on administrative leave. Newbie is, I think, feeling victorious. Which I don't think he should be because he is not performing well on any front that I can tell.
Oh, and also? The boss has been on vacation all week, so another manager who happened to be present to have meetings with her staff (different department) had to deal with the incident reports, yadda.
To be frank, I think BOTH of them should be let go. OG because of her very long history and Newbie because he is incompetent. But who knows what will happen. Ugh.
Totally unrelated - started a rewatch of Supernatural which is on a streaming platform and they replaced all the original music with fake rock. It's awful.
