Respite

This week I’ve had a week off, yes my colleague is on leave. But to be fair since my last meeting he has behaved himself. 

But his past behaviour impacts on me because I have to set up what I think are rewards for him.

This is part of the carrot approach my boss is trying to put in place alongside the negative feedback sessions she has with him.. She cops his behaviour like I do.

Trips away for work to exotic places just stick in my craw.  Yet I do it because the bottom line is I want him to work well for us.  I don’t want him to be able to say that I’m not doing my job.  Despite that it gives me the irrits.

Plus, I’ve discovered a junior member of his team is also getting bullied.  This person has asked me not to intervene but I am nervous.  I don’t want this person to leave because of the treatment they get.

In this case the perpetrator and his sidekick deliberately exclude this person which is another form of bullying as we know.

I asked them to give this person positive feedback if they felt they were doing a good job… They agreed this person was doing a good job.  There’s been no positive feedback forthcoming.

Since then I learned the attitude from the sidekick was that if they gave positive feedback the person would be complacent and not work as hard!!

Unbelievable!!