{"id":21160,"date":"2020-02-23T20:20:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T17:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=21160"},"modified":"2020-02-23T02:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T23:50:12","slug":"how-to-deal-with-toxic-colleague-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/how-to-deal-with-toxic-colleague-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deal with a Malicious Coworker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/miro.medium.com\/focal\/1200\/900\/47\/22\/1*IbxHlXEYDet_QMnIezxZ1A.jpeg\" alt=\"\u0646\u062a\u064a\u062c\u0629 \u0628\u062d\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0639\u0646 \u202aHow to deal with toxic colleague at work?\u202c\u200f\" width=\"535\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A toxic coworker thrives by eroding the abilities of those around them and draining positive energy from organizations and companies. Dealing with one <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">requires special skills and a clear understanding of the impact their presence can have on your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Dealing with a malicious coworker at work<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If a malicious coworker is bothering you and their actions are driving you crazy, you can turn to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/hr-question\/\">Human Resource Management<\/a>to file a formal administrative complaint, while <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Avoid making personal attacks. Instead, describe the behaviors that bother you and respond politely by explaining what can be done about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Maintain personal boundaries<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Setting boundaries at work helps you protect your personal space. If you find yourself dealing with someone who is especially malicious in <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">their interactions, speak to them firmly and in a strict but polite manner, making it clear that you will not tolerate such behavior. Be sure to avoid resorting <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">to aggressive language or behavior, as this could undermine your case entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Given the malicious nature of people who mistreat others, you should know that their harassment is unlikely to stop short of a divine miracle that changes their despicable traits; therefore, you should <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Ignore them to avoid conflict and keep your distance as much as possible. Focusing on other things can help ease your frustration with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>\u0645\u0639\u0631\u0643\u0629 \u062d\u0627\u0645\u064a\u0629<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If you reach a point where you can no longer deal with them\u2014after they\u2019ve taken every harmful step to turn your life upside down\u2014then, unfortunately, you may have to leave your job, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and look for a new one. But remember, this battle isn\u2019t the end of the road. What if you encounter another malicious person at your new job? Will you run away from <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0627\u0645\u0644 \u0645\u0639\u0647\u061f<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blfwncu blfwncu-clearfix blfwncu-post-middle blfwncu-float-center blfwncu-align-center blfwncu-column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"blfwncu-69289-1171317636\" class=\"blfwncu-container blfwncu-type-custom_code\" data-adid=\"69289\" data-type=\"custom_code\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t run away. Focus only on your work and channel all your energy into excelling and achieving success. That way, your work will be the answer to their malicious schemes. But remember that <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">the worst way to deal with this kind of person is to think about getting revenge, escalating the conflict, or stirring up more controversy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Avoid negative language<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Try to avoid using negative words. This creature feeds on them, and they encourage even more malicious thinking and behavior\u2014while it enjoys seeing you lose your <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0639\u0646 \u0634\u0639\u0648\u0631\u0643.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The best thing you can do for yourself\u2014and for them\u2014is to stay silent and keep a smile on your face. It can be the final blow, undermining their self-respect <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and the respect others have for them. Try to close every door that could lead you to stoop to their intellectual level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">You can respond calmly and politely; in the end, this will make the person feel frustrated or tired of engaging in losing battles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Finally, gossip is one of the most widespread habits in the workplace, and it can change your life entirely. You should know that what gets passed around among <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">team members is often greatly exaggerated and generally tends toward dishonesty. You can avoid the gossip that damages relationships and gets you<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> into a lot of trouble.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u064a\u064f\u0639\u062a\u0628\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0632\u0645\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0628\u064a\u062b \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0622\u0641\u0629 \u062a\u0639\u064a\u0634 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u062a\u0622\u0643\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u064a\u0637\u0629 \u0628\u0647\u060c \u0648\u064a\u0645\u062a\u0635 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0642\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0625\u064a\u062c\u0627\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633\u0627\u062a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0627\u062a\u061b \u0644\u0630\u0627 \u0641\u0625\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0627\u0645\u0644 \u0645\u0639\u0647 \u064a\u062a\u0637\u0644\u0628 \u0645\u0647\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u062e\u0627\u0635\u0629\u060c<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[10456,21027,21028,21026,21029,20190],"class_list":["post-21160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-10456","tag-21027","tag-21028","tag-21026","tag-21029","tag-20190"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}