People at work you hate!

Rage quit your job, it's the only way!

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Seriously, just get on with it. Accept them as tools, keep contact to a minimum other than on a professional level. Good to go.
 
Bleek said:
Do not confide in any other staff members, you cannot trust them.
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Hmmm not sure I agree with that, you just need to know who to talk to. I used to work in retail and had this problem with the store manager. I got on okay with her to be fair but I hated the way she spoke to other staff members.

I basically was polite, did a bit of bitching with my workmates and left when I found a new job. Then at one point I wrote a letter (for good reason) to head office commenting on my diminishing relationship with her which found its way in to her hands so I suspect came as a bit of a shock.

I'm sure the assistant manager done the company for some kind of unfair dismissal because of her. I can't believe she is still in that job 10 years later.
 
Over the years there have been a few people I do not like at work. One, when I was younger, was dealt with by fisticuffs is a pub toilet (he started it I finished it), but others, since, have been dealt with somewhat more sensibly.

I am the manager of someone who is a far right racist **** but has the sense to not be overt at work. I treat him as I treat everyone else who reports to me but he makes my skin crawl.

Take the moral high ground and feel smug ;)
 
I'm currently in a temp job. Everything started fine but my sense of humour didn't get on with two of them. Incidently they'd been in the department the longest and as such generally have influence.

Not a big deal, it's a techie / net type of humour which worked great with the 20-30 people I used to work with but these guys aren't techie at-all.

However I started noticing a changing atmosphere in the department so left my iPhone recording sound when I left the room for a couple of days and caught some proper nasty stuff being said about me behind my back. Most of it was by one guy who talks about the rest of the team behind their backs too. He was either exagerating things I said or outright lying.

When he's not here the department is great. Oddly though, when the other person isn't around and he's here it's also quite cool.

Either way the department consists of one person who doesn't want to work and is slightly racist and homophobic, one person who failed at getting his degree, failed at getting a band going and left working with his dad making a load of money to become a temp... and enjoys being.. a temp. The other two are alright. One's just a normal guy and the other is nice and friendly and has a masters in criminology but comes across as simple and severely lacks tact.

Like if he comes across someone called Robert Beard he'll go "I wonder if he has a beard" and says things like "that customer needs a **** to suck because I bet she likes sucking **** because she enjoys the taste".

wtf.

Can't wait to find somewhere else and get back into a proper job.
 
malc30 said:
The people you work with are Not friends so don't treat them as such, Don't confide in them or get involved with them just go do your job & then go home.
just because you spend so much time with them does Not mean you have to get on, You are there to do a job so concentrate on Your job & let management sort out the rest.
It really is not worth getting involved in all that work politic BS.
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Then your boss pulls you into a meeting with HR saying that you are not a team player..... :confused:
 
I don't like various people at work ( the bitchy types/snitches ( or arsekissers to the coaches/bosses), and the arrogant people who see themselves higher than the rest), I just pretend to like them, I'm polite, smile to them, and they don't have a clue I don't like them :), hell I even get convo's with them about similar interests but all in all, I still don't like how they are, I just try to make the best of it regardless what I think of them.
 
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Lots of these types where I work. Only once did I join in and bitch about the other person, because I knew it would get back to her. It amused me. Oddly enough, I think she might even like me now. Weirdo.
 
Easiest way to deal with those types I found is to keep enough minimum contact to make it look like you're not ignoring them and have nothing to do with them. Also since this is OCUK and GD I can't just have serious advice, so get a balaclava and go all cricket bat on them.
 
I can't stand my boss and I have to sit 2 feet away from her. I pretty much ignore her unless I need to talk to her, I make no effort with small talk or anything. The other members of staff feel the same as me. I just get my hand down and do my job well.
 
4Play said:
Right guys need some friendly advice please. Started a new part time job ( 15 hours a week ) while im at uni around 1 month ago. Its a rather large retail store with around 25 members of staff. Trouble is there are two people who work there who I literally cannot stand. The way they talk to people, there personality, even the way they look at people makes my blood burn. I have never felt like this before at work and its difficult as obviously I cant avoid the interaction with them. At the same time I cant just up and leave because I do need the money and experience.

Has anyone else been in a similar situation or enviorment and have any suggestions on how to try to overcome this ? Like blanking them out etc.
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i get that same feeling about one of our new managers, he hasent got people skills, and so so abrut, never says hello, such a t*****
 
I've worked with people whom I've hated.

One guy was a heavy smoker, complainer, felt he wasn't paid enough, bad breath, bad teeth, body odour, know it all. Even his voice was annoying to me, especially when he used the same old phrases for everything he did.

2 things here. Firstly if you don't work with these people, you won't appreciate other people you work with who aren't so bad.

Secondly, rise above it and do the job you're paid to do.
 
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