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My boss is a liar
My "boss" is a senior VP at our company. I am really in a stand alone position and he has no idea what I do and couldn't even find the information on our intranet but brought old crap to yesterday's review. He hasn't spoken to me outside of simple meetings for 6 months but has clearly had a lot of conversations with a new employee who's been breathtakingly rude to me (demanding my office, whispering asides during our meetings, etc). He also expects me to do all the work but then encourages people to bypass me so I'm not perceived as the expert. Now he wants to mediate a meeting with this person but clearly he's not an unbiased mediator. We're a small company with a crappy/nonexistent HR function. The guy has worked for the company's owner for some 20 years. Does anyone see an option beyond just finding a decent job?
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By all means, clean up the old resume and start quietly looking around... but keep in mind that a job, let alone a "decent job" will probably be hard to find right now. Play nice with the creep for the time being.
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Its up to you, but in this economy, I'd try to make the job I have work for me. You could quietly start looking around, but don't quit until you know you have secured another job. In the meantime, kill 'em with kindness! Whatever your boss asks you to do, do it with a big smile on your face and then ask what else you can help with. The employee that is rude to you, begin complimenting her/him, making an extra effort to be kind. Its hard to be an a-hole to someone who is nothing but nice. You may see some interesting things start to change. Good luck!
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