Dealing with a nasty co-worker

VeryHappy
Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:17:15 +0000

I am sort of an added layer between her and my boss.



Aha. She views your arrival as a demotion for her. Before you, she had direct access to your boss; now, she has to go through you. She doesn’t like this. Also, before, I doubt her boss sent her so many emails – I’m sure he was busy with new business. Now that you’re there, you’re focused on existing clients so you’re asking her or informing her of things related to them. Co-worked perceives this a micromanaging, since no one (that is, the boss) did this before.