Re: Dealling with That GUY

Now that you have a visual of this person in your head, How do you handle them?

Give his name to recruiters.

In the event that doesn't work, have a quiet conversation with the people who would make the decision to promote him, and be blunt with them about his current impact on morale, and the consequences of promoting him.

And in the meantime, nod at him when he yacks, and say "Too bad we can't all be you."

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Re: Re: Dealling with That GUY by virtualsue (Vicar) on May 15, 2001 at 13:21 UTC
In the event that doesn't work, have a quiet conversation with the people who would make the decision to promote him, and be blunt with them about his current impact on morale, and the consequences of promoting him. I would guess that there is only a small chance of such an action being successful, as opposed to the relatively large chance that the person 'having a quiet word' may be seen as a presumptuous, negative, envious "not a team player" whiner. I would only do something like that if I didn't mind needing to find another job, which I might want to do anyway if such a co-worker became my manager. My 2 cents, FWIW, YMMV, etc.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Dealing with That Guy by petdance (Parson) on May 15, 2001 at 22:35 UTC
I couldn't agree more. Nothing makes you sound like a whiner more than going to someone's boss and complaining about someone, especially if it's the manager's Golden Boy. In situations like this, I keep in mind two things: Sunlight is the best disinfectant: Once the truth of his incompetence comes out, the situation will clean itself up Nothing succeeds like success: Keep doing what you do, and do it well. Make it known that you're doing excellent work, and that the things you're doing are Hot Shit. But bringin' the other guy down is not the way to do it... xoxo, Andy %_=split/;/,".;;n;u;e;ot;t;her;c; ". # Andy Lester 'Perl ;@; a;a;j;m;er;y;t;p;n;d;s;o;'. # http://petdance.com "hack";print map delete$_{$_},split//,q< andy@petdance.com >	[reply]