New annoying colleague

Bassmansam · 20 Oct 2018 at 11:45

I work in a team of 13 that has a structure of Manager > 3x Team Leader > Officer(7)> admins(2)

I was an admin until i got promoted last month to officer, my replacement started about three weeks ago and he is driving me mad. I have spoken to team leader and he has noticed his behaiour and says to give him a little more time to see if he calms. The guy is 22 and its his first office job, he worked in a bed store as salesman for 1 year after university. Some of the things he does..

Every few minutes he will start a topic of conversation that is irrelevant when we are trying to get work done
Keeps calling me "boss" in what seems like an undermining manner
Yesterday i showed him something really simple in excel(how to make all columns wider), his reply "thanks boss" and wanted to do a fist bump which i ignored and he replied with "ooooh myyy" out loud
He frequently asks" sup man what you doing" when he already has work set
On thursday i came in and he was at the printer, when he noticed i was in he went "ooooh when did you come in sam ? are you some kind of assassin or something

I've never managed anyone before so i'm finding it a bit difficult to deal with him. In the first few days i did used to chat back to him when he made conversation but i'm too busy to do that all the time. I have started being more blunt with him in the hope that he understands that he can't continue like this. My team leader also mentioned that he talks too much and this will be bought up in a 1-2-1 with him in the coming weeks. Has anyone had to deal with childish behavior like this?

Whenever I've started a new job i have just cracked on with the work and not made a nuisance of myself - totally opposite to this guy.

Diddums · 20 Oct 2018 at 11:47

He's a moron. Ignore him, make it obvious you're not the small talk type.

[FnG]magnolia · 20 Oct 2018 at 11:51

Yesterday i showed him something really simple in excel(how to make all columns wider), his reply "thanks boss" and wanted to do a fist bump which i ignored and he replied with "ooooh myyy" out loud

This is amazing

I've never managed anyone before so i'm finding it a bit difficult to deal with him

oooooooh myyyy!

Skorpion · 20 Oct 2018 at 11:51

Is he on a probation ?

dirtybeatfreak · 20 Oct 2018 at 11:52

My god you wouldn't like to work in the workshop I do then lol. I'm sorry he irritates you though, it does get tiring. Hope you get it sorted.

Sankari · 20 Oct 2018 at 11:54

Bassmansam said:
New annoying colleague

Is he worse than the old annoying colleague?

Bassmansam · 20 Oct 2018 at 11:55

Evangelion said:
Is he worse than the old annoying colleague?

Woops my bad!

Minstadave · 20 Oct 2018 at 11:55

We get these morons in medicine every now and again.

Usually lads from privileged family who have never had to work a day in their lives. Come to play at what daddy does. A few weeks in the real world bad they're broken. It's quite satisfying to watch.

deusexlumina · 20 Oct 2018 at 11:57

He's just young and naive, have some patience and I'm sure he'll settle down.

Scam · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:06

I fancy boys said:
He's just young and naive, have some patience and I'm sure he'll settle down.

This. A quiet word in his 1-2-1 wouldn't go amiss. What's more important is how he reacts to the feedback.

G-MAN2004 · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:11

Request name change to bossmansam

Bassmansam · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:13

Skorpion said:
Is he on a probation ?

Yep, six months with with a review at three months.

rebel rebel · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:13

When an old friend of mine was doing an engineering YTS scheme. Any messing about from the youngsters and they would strip them, dip them in an oil barrel, and then chain them to the outside of the shutters and open it fully so they're left dangling there on display.

Slam62 · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:16

You're too sensitive and your organisation has too many managers, get ready for a cull

Scam · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:16

rebel rebel said:
When an old friend of mine was doing an engineering YTS scheme. Any messing about from the youngsters and they would strip them, dip them in an oil barrel, and then chain them to the outside of the shutters and open it fully so they're left dangling there on display.

Yeah, sure they did...

Bassmansam · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:19

Slam62 said:
You're too sensitive and your organisation has too many managers, get ready for a cull

Yeah your right about being sensitive, but I get on with the rest of the team fine. I have never come across someone like this new guy in a workplace. There won't be a cull the place is thriving..

rebel rebel · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:23

Scam said:
Yeah, sure they did...

A lot of abuses went on in the 90s. I was a postman for a while and used to get fireworks fired at me, you would be walking along in the basement and a rocket would get fired along the corridor. Another job I had, whilst loading or unloading the van they would throw a cs gas cannister in and shut the door.

Skorpion · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:23

Bassmansam said:
Yep, six months with with a review at three months.

Give him some time, if no better with a quiet word between now and then.....say bye bye.

~>Dg<~ · 20 Oct 2018 at 12:47

when you join new places you need to find your way but fist bump

nahhhh......step to far.

moogle · 20 Oct 2018 at 13:00

Sounds annoying, in my previous team I had a new team member who used to initiate inane/irrelevant conversations and whine about the work. Luckily I didn't have to manage him so I could just ignore and be blunt. This guy sounds like he just talks differently because of how/where he was brought up, still annoying though.
But surely wouldn't all this have been flagged up at the interview???? If he said 'sup man' at the interview that'd be him marked as a no unless he was technically really good.