Originally Posted by legion (Post 4950529)

The remedy is completely up to him. I am always calm and polite with him. He can chose to behave the same way or go back to being a holy terror. Either way, this is another item in the paper trail.

The reason I chose to bring this up now is that it is becoming increasingly clear that my current team lead is leaving. I'd be the logical choice to replace her. While I can avoid this guy mostly right now, it would be more difficult when I am responsible for assigning him work and making sure he gets it done on time. The way things are now, I would either demand that an outside person be brought in to lead the team or one of us leave it. It would not function with his current behavior as he'd be likely to view every assignment as punishment and every deadline as a way to make me look bad.

Originally Posted by legion (Post 4950645)

That said, one bad tenure in the position really could destroy my chances forever.

Originally Posted by nostatic (Post 4950542)

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But the reality is that people have a tendency to feed into the cycle of insanity and make the situation worse. And remember that there are always two sides to any story. My main point is that having distraction to take the focus away from the sturm and drang can often help matters.

Originally Posted by legion (Post 4950645)

First off, there is no way he would be considered for the position by anyone--and he doesn't want it. He has no desire to be in a position with responsibility and will not hesitate to tell you so.

I've heard that before and seen the exact opposite be true.

Second, the fact that I would avoid becoming team lead because of him I thinks speaks more to the kind of disruption he would create. From my view,.....

Originally Posted by rammstein (Post 4950728)

I can call your office to talk with you about the 951 over your speakerphone.

Originally Posted by Hugh R (Post 4950723)

No solution, but get one of those digital recording pens for the verbal portion.

Originally Posted by dhoward (Post 4950842)

I thought that's generally over the phone where there is an expectation of privacy.

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey (Post 4950708)

What you think and your point of view are not the only ones and they are the ones that matter least to your employer.

You need to look at it from every potential view in order to make a rational decision.

Right now you are playing chess from only one side of the board.

I'm not trying to get down on you, really. I'm really am trying to offer helpful advice.

I've seen this stuff way too many times and you'd be surprised at the kind of stuff that really goes down at the end of the day.

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap (Post 4952801)

Put Clear scotch tape under his mouse covering up his mouse ball so it doesn't roll.........sweet revenge, smile innocently as the screams of frustration fill the room about the his stoopid friggin P>O>S mouse doen't work........

grins

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap (Post 4952801)

Put Clear scotch tape under his mouse covering up his mouse ball so it doesn't roll.........sweet revenge, smile innocently as the screams of frustration fill the room about the his stoopid friggin P>O>S mouse doen't work........

grins

Originally Posted by legion (Post 4950420)

The first incidence occured when I was assigned to convince another team to use our technology. It wasn't the best fit, but the business side wanted it. I knew the other team wasn't overly enthused, so I laid out the best logical argument I could muster. I scheduled a series of meetings where in each I focused on explaining and getting buy-in on one aspect of my argument. The coworker in question was assigned to be my backup. After the first meeting he basically decided he hated the other team's lead and started projecting problems onto him. He decided that this other team had it out for us and wanted to develop a competing technology. (The did not and they don't have the time or the budget to entertain such ideas.) He would loudly complain about the team lead at every opportunity and call him names in meetings. He'd bring up the guy to bash just to bash him, and if someone else mentioned a problem they were having he'd start in with: "At least your problem isn't as bad as..."

During the third meeting he started screaming at the other team's lead accusing him of the things he was projecting onto him. I simply stopped inviting him to meetings after that as he proved to be a hindrance rather than a help. The damage was done, and I ended up not making the "sale" as it were.

Originally Posted by john70t (Post 6791510)

Sorry to hear that. Sincerely.
Good luck. Middle management is not always picked for their skills in making subservients feel comfortable and/or motivated to create the best outcome for the group. Many times, an unnecessary hostile environment is put in place when it is absolutely not needed.

Best to keep inter-office politics off the internet, unless you can vent frustrations anonymously.