Awkward situation with a work collegue...

TeetersOnHeels

I've been at my place of work for about 18mths, it's a satallite for somewhere I spent the last 18yrs working. About 1/2 of the staff where I am now I know through them being at the previous place. I would say I'm enjoying my job, apart from one tiny aspect. Another woman at work is constantly "bad mouthing" me at work to anyone who'll listen,..nothing specific, just how much she hates me, how much she's always hated me, even when she worked where I was before (up until now, I've never actually worked with her, but been in the same building). Currently we are both in a small group of 6, working shifts, so I do see her most days, and then she's as nice as pie to me.
Everyone at work tells me to just ignore her, she talks about everyone behind their backs (which is true), and no-one is particularly fond of her. The iritating thing is she actually thinks shes popular and everyone likes her when the reality is we all tell each other what she's saying about us, and tolerate her more than anything.
One the one hand I think I should just ignore her, and rise above it, but on the other hand sometimes I just want to tell her I know what she says about me, and she's not as popular as she thinks she is, but that could make working together a little awkward...
Any idea's????

Idiophreak

Wouldn't say anything to her directly, might contact her supervisor though and tell them her behaviour is having an impact on your life at work - they may have a quiet word in her ear...I knew a very similar girl once. Most satisfyingly she got fired the day before she was due to leave - for making false accusations about a colleague. Never been so happy

Rummer

Keep a dignified silence, she is letting people see the real side of her. If however it is having a negative effect on your work or others opinions of you then a quiet word with her line manager should do the trick.

bonty44

Don't put up with this; my previous boss was a nightmare, always criticising my teaching and bad-mouthing me IN FRONT OF MY CLASSES. Each time she had a go, I smiled sweetly and logged a complaint with her line manager. When the new Headteacher came in, he wanted me to go through the situation with him, but I said I wanted him to make his own mind up and form his own judgements.

Lo and behold she carried on. In the meantime, however, I was consistently graded 'outstanding' by anyone who came to watch my lessons, Ofsted included, became a member of the Senior Management Team and led a group of 15 tutors. She got worse and worse. I held on for as long as I could but my dream job in teaching came up the year before she retired! Typical as I would have loved to have been there after she was!

She showed her true colours to all and sundry. I kept myself professional, discreet, and did my job as best I could out of respect for those children in my classroom.

Don't let this woman get away with it. Log every comment with her line manager and with yours but don't become invovled in gossip either. HTH.

LJM

just as others said rise above it and keep a log names witnesses etc you could always report her alone or get some of your other work colleagues to lodge a complaint also.she sounds like a very sad lady to me