I will keep this general to protect the innocent.
Wife started working for a guy who is a smart guy and gets intellectually satisfying work from him. Guy pulls a 2nd higher level person in to work on another end of the business. Wife is required to report to the new person as well. New person is a complete dolt. They are in the same industry as I am, and the stories I hear are downright horrific. This has been corroborated by others in her office independently. In addition to being incompetent, this person also manages to be so abrasive and malicious that everyone there hates her. Supposedly even the main guy who brought her in has had it. She has turned vicious with many (all now I think) members of the office, and when she finally pushed my wife too far the wife quietly suggested that she work on her social skills
. Now she is on the 'hit list'.
According to the main boss, this person is being kept on for the near term due to a large commission check in play. The implication is that once this happens, she (the idiot) will be cut loose. In the meantime, the wife has to put up with her and carefully journalize all of the nonsense for when the big day comes.
I don't even know why I am posting this, I am just venting I guess. It pisses me off because the wife is the most harmless and easy to get along with person ever. Very quiet, humble, and genuinely hard working. She is married to me to god's sake! In addition, she is a bona fide genius (hot too). It kills me to picture her dealing with what amounts to a kindergarten-like squabbling whore of a semi-boss. What can I do? Concrete boots? Wood-chipper?