Professional problem - Insecure Coworker

Muzy said:
OP, this is the reason why females shouldn't work with Men on real work.

females belong to HR, kitchen area and cleaning, retail, and some medical industry fields.

the rest of the world belong to Men.
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office work is for women ;)
 
James J said:
Stay and let the quality of your work do all the talking
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Good advice this. Just try not to let her pass your work off as her own. Managing women who are/have been on maternity leave is a nightmare. The legislation nowadays has many employers scared of their own shadow. I suspect that there is an element of this at play in your situation. Ops will be wanting resource to get the job done. HR will be thinking of the law and peoples feelings. I would be surprised if Mrs in question doesn't become pretty unreliable in the future as it is almost impossible to juggle motherhood and full time employment unless you can afford a nanny. Before you know it she'll want to be part time or working from home. Stick to your guns, if you are as good as you say you are then I suspect you will have little to worry about. the worst that can happen is that you get some more experience to add to your CV.
 
kaktus said:
lol, I had previously considered a slotting in a few WW2 references but decided it probably wasn't in my best interests :)
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If not WW2, go further back in time ;)

In all seriousness, speak to someone higher and ask why you've been given these tasks. Then mention what she has said to you.

She just doesn't want to be upstaged by someone who is obviously capable of doing the job while she is not.
 
kaktus said:
I'm not sure it would do much good though to voice my concerns, what I've come to realize is that Management basically sack people left, right and centre here and so basically no-one has a team spirit and it's all very cut throat. It appears they don't care at all.
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Welcome to the real world, suck it up or move on.
 
fornowagain said:
In no way directly challenge her position. See if you can persuade her or someone to give you one of the more challenging projects, she might even be glad to get rid of it. And make a success out of it. Work it into supporting her role without being a threat, build your position up steadily and eventually the powers that be will see your worth and she'll trust you enough that when you get the opportunity to move against her she won't see it coming. Play the long game.
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I agree with this. Get your work done and support her in her role as well and wait for the prime opportunity to make your move. It seems like she is already very friendly with management, you need to make similar connections internally as well.

It's a bit crap that such tactics need to be used, but as a lot of people have said it's a pretty cut-throat game in this dog eat dog world.
 
VoG said:
How?, they've sidelined him & got him working on a side project unrelated to his original role at the company, the last thing he wants to do is excell at that & get shunted off to the side permanently.
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Because how do you know that they aren't testing his flexibility? Being professional and giving your best quality work in any role will make the OP far more valuable to the company than the other colleague.
 
How about you be honest?

Get in touch with the father of her child and let him know she's sucking the boss's **** to get her way in the office, and that you wouldn't have said anything except now it's affecting you.

Dirty dogs need to be treated like dirty dogs.
 
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