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WORKPLACE From working experience the first one happened when supervising and training a much younger employee as she had just left school. However, she didn't listen to others guidance as well as my own, she felt that by using her female charms that others would see her in a good light and flirted with every young man that came within her range, including the boss who sat passively by and was totally inept in handling any situation other than burying his head in paperwork. The second situation happened when two company depts mergered into one. I was already there in the position I couldn't be moved. Unfortunately this boss had her own ideas she undermined every move or function I did and used the bullying tactics daily. But with other senior staff she was all professional and girlish when it called for it with older men in the company as she had ambitions to climb up the career ladder, at any cost, no matter who she trampled on to get there even criticising the boss to others behind his back as she wanted his position by saying he lacked authority and command etc. Even if she was correct there should be a working trust between senior employees or even in the boardroom of being able to voice opinions of management style and not making it a "personal issue". Although in both situations I decided enough was enough after using the proper office procedures even an Open Door Policy to no avail I realised after a while one has to stop carrying the dead weight of others insecurities on your shoulders and find other alternative solutions. For if any company isn't ready to deal with these issues then is wasn't and isn't a company which I want[ed] to be associated with as an employee. I would be and am choosy the same as if I were a client to whom I give my services or custom too. As my personality might not always be compatible with others nor the company culture. And its this understanding of the dynamics of yourself which brings about self-awareness and the quote "know thy self". I have learnt it is best to resolve this either by constructively using the circumstance to your advantage of learning the term "objectivity in the workplace", dealing with the situation in a manner which is appriopriate and still come out of it by facing the problem as best as one can but not trying to fix it or solve their problem[s] for them. The other personalities in the workplace have to want to realise the effects they are having on other colleagues as well as for themselves. If a person doesn't have the balls to tell or listen to people of things they don't like, two options quit business or the problem comes back with a vengenance and bites your posterior with a very sharp nip.
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