Need some advice on what to do about a bully coworker?
I (44F) have a male coworker who in my opinion is a bully. He works sometimes in the BOH and sometimes in the FOH. And many many times he, no matter which side he's working has literally kicked me out of the way to do a task that I was about to do. I've talked to my boss about it, while the bosses sympathizes with me, he hasn't done anything about it. I just found out yesterday that he's doing the same thing to 2 of our new coworkers.
I refuse to work with him. What can say to my boss to get him to do something? I love my job so I don't want to quit. Thank you!
Posted Feb 6, 2022, 4:08 PM UTC
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To your boss? Probably nothing if they haven’t acted yet. To the co-worker, you stand up for yourself. Tell them you don’t need their help with that task, tell them to kick rocks, really just stand up to them. If they’re a bully in the traditional sense they’ll stop because you have a spine and called them out, if they’re acting that way because they want to feel superior/show off they’ll escalate it into something that management can respond to when they start throwing a fit.
Thank you! I will definitely do that next time!