I'm asking for your opinions on a situation at work because I just started my shift and the guy I take over for just pi$sed me off again and need to vent a bit and can't speak about it with someone from work as they are all big mouths and can't be trusted!
I work in an office, there's an old guy about mid to late 50s. He does early mornings and I do afternoons. I take over for him about 12:30pm. We do same job, get same pay etc... but he feels he has the right to question me about what I do in the afternoons. He's always saying I don't do enough etc... when I feel he himself doesn't do as much as he could in the morning. As part of my job I've got to get the outgoing mail sorted and ready for collection. A bunch of mail came down yesterday after I had sorted and packed it all so I left it. The girl that brought it complained to the old guy. He starts questioning me on why I didn't put it out so I told him it was after the time etc... and he's standing over me looking down at me and I felt that urge to punch him. I was raging but kept it in! It's still eating me up now. I've never really talked back to him as I know it will lead to a big argument and if I take holidays he's got to cover my shifts and vice versa and I would hate having an atmosphere at work. Also he's said things like "If you want to continue working here you better shape up" As if he's got the power to fire me. **** pis$ses me off.
Should I bite my tongue and just ignore it or should I confront him tomorrow and tell him to back off? What would you do?
I work in an office, there's an old guy about mid to late 50s. He does early mornings and I do afternoons. I take over for him about 12:30pm. We do same job, get same pay etc... but he feels he has the right to question me about what I do in the afternoons. He's always saying I don't do enough etc... when I feel he himself doesn't do as much as he could in the morning. As part of my job I've got to get the outgoing mail sorted and ready for collection. A bunch of mail came down yesterday after I had sorted and packed it all so I left it. The girl that brought it complained to the old guy. He starts questioning me on why I didn't put it out so I told him it was after the time etc... and he's standing over me looking down at me and I felt that urge to punch him. I was raging but kept it in! It's still eating me up now. I've never really talked back to him as I know it will lead to a big argument and if I take holidays he's got to cover my shifts and vice versa and I would hate having an atmosphere at work. Also he's said things like "If you want to continue working here you better shape up" As if he's got the power to fire me. **** pis$ses me off.
Should I bite my tongue and just ignore it or should I confront him tomorrow and tell him to back off? What would you do?
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