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Have you ever felt...

that a coworker was trying to sabotage you? 

The smelly one in my office is more than nuts.  Three weeks ago, Smelly gave me information to post to student accounts.  I had no reason to believe the info she gave was faulty because the director asked her to gather the info prior to giving it to me. 

Yesterday, I found out Smelly gave me the wrong info and knew it.  She had no intention of telling me.  When I called her out on the error, she sent me the correct info, but left it at that.  I had to email the director for more info about the subject due to the error on the original info.  The director had no idea what I was talking about because Smelly failed to tell the director about the error.

So, now it looks like it's my mistake even though it's Smelly's mistake.  At least I have emails to back me up during review. 

Matt loves Munkii!!!

Re: Have you ever felt...

  • I've been in that situation, yes.  If I were you, I would be up front about it with your boss.  Don't wait for the review.  Don't ask the boss to solve the situation - just simply state what has been going on and your suspicions just to make your boss aware. 
  • Whatever happened with the co-worker's daughter and cat?  (I assume this is the same co-worker)
  • I think it's best to bring it up now too.  That's a hard situation... sorry.  Sad
  • Off with Smelly's head!  Been there with a coworker....ridiculous.  Bring it up now, nip that crap in the butt!
  • imageKaren2905:
    Whatever happened with the co-worker's daughter and cat?  (I assume this is the same co-worker)
    Yes, the same one.  The daughter is going to a psychologist regularly and has not yelled/hit/abused the cat at all since Smelly spoke to her. 
    Matt loves Munkii!!!
  • Been there and agree  with you girls - best to bring it up now in an even keel way.  Make sure the boss knows what is going on as a CYA measure - you don't want to have to face this in review if it can be made a non-issue now. Good luck!
  • Next question.  How would you bring it up without sounding like you're trying to throw someone under the bus?  Even though, essentially, that's what happened to me, I do not feel comfortable doing the same.  The other tough thing is that Smelly and the director have a relationship outside of work as Smelly is married to a close friend of the director.
    Matt loves Munkii!!!
  • Ya know, I wouldn't even really acknowledge that they're friends outside of work.  Make it about you and your job performance.

    "I need to talk to you about something, and it's really an issue I want you to be aware of rather than something I need you to fix.  Recently, this happened {enter work situation here}.  Here are the e-mails to back up what I'm saying.   Whether or not that's the case, I feel like her error has made me look bad, and I wanted to let you know so that it doesn't reflectly poorly on me or my job performance.  I wanted you to be aware of what really happened."

  • That works.  Thank you.
    Matt loves Munkii!!!
  • imageKaren2905:

    Ya know, I wouldn't even really acknowledge that they're friends outside of work.  Make it about you and your job performance.

    "I need to talk to you about something, and it's really an issue I want you to be aware of rather than something I need you to fix.  Recently, this happened {enter work situation here}.  Here are the e-mails to back up what I'm saying.   Whether or not that's the case, I feel like her error has made me look bad, and I wanted to let you know so that it doesn't reflectly poorly on me or my job performance.  I wanted you to be aware of what really happened."

    Yup

  • imageKaren2905:

    Ya know, I wouldn't even really acknowledge that they're friends outside of work.  Make it about you and your job performance.

    "I need to talk to you about something, and it's really an issue I want you to be aware of rather than something I need you to fix.  Recently, this happened {enter work situation here}.  Here are the e-mails to back up what I'm saying.   Whether or not that's the case, I feel like her error has made me look bad, and I wanted to let you know so that it doesn't reflectly poorly on me or my job performance.  I wanted you to be aware of what really happened."

    That sounds perfect. Good luck! And what a sucky situation Sad

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