Message #35890

[countrigal]

There's always the chance that she has been "clipped" and will have learned from her errors.  Congratulations on having the courage to go to the HR Director regarding this person at this time.  Now that she has spoken, though, I would give her the benefit of the doubt and go to her directly next time.  I'm thinking, if she's speaking on the phone, wandering around, being loud, etc... go to her, tap her on the shoulder, smile a professional smile, and politely ask her to lower her voice.  The more personal issues (attacking you regarding the kids, the pay offer, making fun of other employee, etc) I wouldn't touch with anyone except HR, but some of these other issues might be able to be handled on a individual, person-to-person contact.  If she has learned her lesson, this friendly reminder might be enough to make her new behavior turn into habit.  If not, you'll still be documenting stuff, so you can always take it to HR again.

CountriGal
Peer Moderator