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Subject:Re: Coworker who won't take no for an answer From:"Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Julia Cemer" <jcemer -at- wavelink -dot- com> Date:Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:15:47 -0400
> This is a hard situation to be in and I find myself in some kind of a similar one. Maybe I am just too passive, but it is hard to want to bring down the wrath (so to speak) on someone that you have to work with every day. I'm considering going to HR over the same type of thing but am hesitant because I know it will make it impossible to work with the person involved.
That's exactly why you should go to HR. If working with this person
becomes impossible or significantly more difficult, that is called
retaliation. As any manager should know, retaliation after formal
discipline is cause for dismissal. End. Of. Story.
You are all over-thinking the issue. Everyone is entitled to a
workplace in which they feel safe to work. If someone is creating an
environment that makes you feel extremely uncomfortable or threatened,
then it needs to be dealt with head-on. First, confront the behavior.
If it fails, go to management and HR. There are no middle steps unless
you allow there to be middle steps. If that's the case, then you are
welcoming the very behavior you are hoping to avoid.
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Bill Swallow
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Senior Member STC, TechValley Chapter
STC Single-Sourcing SIG Manager http://techcommdood.blogspot.com
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