New annoying colleague

Bassmansam said:
I work in a team of 13 that has a structure of Manager > 2x Team Leader > Officer(6 ) > 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.
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It doesn't sound that bad... he's just trying to be friendly. Get annoyed at him when he's crap or distracting you materially.

Also, you don't need to tell him. He can figure out what's socially appropriate by himself. Otherwise you pencil yourself as a bit of an ass.
 
Agree with the above posters, if he’s bad at his job then by all means be annoyed but at the moment it just sounds like a personality clash

We all have people we work with that we find annoying, you just have to accept it and get on with your own work
 
Insubordination of this type can only be effectively resolved with a robust response. Create a situation that requires him to work late one evening. Remain behind, pin him to the Xerox and go in dry whilst whispering the lyrics to “Baboushka” into his ear.

Guaranteed to sort the problem.
 
Scuzi said:
Insubordination of this type can only be effectively resolved with a robust response. Create a situation that requires him to work late one evening. Remain behind, pin him to the Xerox and go in dry whilst whispering the lyrics to “Baboushka” into his ear.

Guaranteed to sort the problem.
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#PrintersToo
 
He's probably struggling having moved from an extrovert sales role to an introvert internal team. Sounds like a friendly chap trying to integrate to be .

Oh, and if you're busy... Just say you're busy!
 
If people try and fist bump me I either cover their hand and say paper I win, or grab it and shake it. I worked with a kid straight out of school who was useless, once saw him fall asleep while screwing a pc side panel on, said to him tired? and he just woke up and continued screwing it in.
 
Bassmansam said:
are you some kind of assassin or something
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I still haven't seen an answer to this questions, he might be onto something?

G-MAN2004 said:
Request name change to bossmansam
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When your work colleagues find out your OcUK handle!


NiCkNaMe said:
He's probably struggling having moved from an extrovert sales role to an introvert internal team. Sounds like a friendly chap trying to integrate to be .

Oh, and if you're busy... Just say you're busy!
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Yeah, probably just this. Give him time to try and read some of the social cues and get a feel for how things work. If he doesn't pick up on them, just ask him to tone it back on certain mannerisms or say your prefer being called such and such instead etc.
 
He sounds like Larry Graysons son. If he starts saying "oooh shut that door" then its confirmed lol

Seriously, from what you've wrote he seems like the laid back type.

Usually when calling someone boss thats a sign of respect. At least probably in the circles he hangs out with. If I understand it correctly boss isn't meaning literally a boss.. its respecting someone senior.
 
easyrider said:
Just tell him...honesty is the only option...
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Not always. I was hauled before management for telling a bloke who worked in our group that his lack of personal hygiene was having a negative effect on the team and that he should perhaps look into bathing once in a while or at the very least use some sort of deodorant. Smelly little **** went crying to management.
 
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