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In reply to the discussion: Just ripped a co-worker. Now I feel terrible. [View all]lapislzi
(5,762 posts)For the better part of 10 years. I wrote the recommendation letters when she wanted to go back to school. Nearly every day she comes to my office with some new "problem:" the woman in the next cubicle talks on the phone too much; the new hires are too noisy and "cliquey;" the atmosphere isn't "corporate" enough (seriously); she is not being given sufficient responsibility; why don't we have a company picnic.
I listen to this on an almost constant basis and always try to offer constructive suggestions. Three times I've been instrumental in helping her move her workspace because she didn't get along with her neighbors. I bought her a pair of headphones because she can't stand the noise of people conversing. I can't do more than I've done, and I know well who she is. She chooses to stay at a company that really doesn't suit her temperament. In as kind a way as possible, I have tried to suggest that she might be happier in a larger or more regimented workplace. Her decision to stay is hers, and I support that. But I know that she will always find something or someone that doesn't suit.
And don't even get me started on her stream of personal problems and her pet hate, which is people on public assistance.
This is hard to convey on a message board where I was trying to make a larger point, but, yes, Alcib, I mentor and I mentor well.