Message #62988

[misslynn]

To cm_stephenson - wow, that's incredible. I'm happy to hear you're out of that situation now.

For myself, I've had a couple situations with office bullies. The worst one, he set up a campaign to sabotage me and actively worked against me (jealous because I worked for the VP? not sure, never quite figured out the "why"). Bossie told him to leave me alone, that he was not allowed to even speak to me, etc.  He eventually ended up getting fired because it turned out I wasn't the only one that he was bullying, I was just the only one at that point that was speaking up against it.

The other one is actually a positive story.  Some people just have conflicting personalities and aren't meant to get along well, that was the case with me and a high-level manager in my area.  He has a strong, intimidating personality and I felt like he would run over me (being that I'm "just an admin").  However, we both respected the job that each other did and have now worked it out between us through some open and honest conversations.  I'm more patient with him and he's more respectful towards me, we've made it work.