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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am training a new employee. I could tell early on, she is someone with a Type A personality.

As soon as she sends me an email, she sends me an instant message to let me know she's sent me an email. For things that need to be taken care of right away, I usually respond promptly. For other things, my response time is a little slower (a day maybe) because I have my own workload in addition to training. However, the instant message in addition to the emails and all the "friendly reminders" is starting to drive me crazy. Thoughts on how to handle this? [/quote]

OP, it's time to sit down with her and tell her to stop this.  But before you do that, does she have a workload other than this training?  One of the reasons she may be doing this (reminding and messaging you) is that she has nothing to do other than the training assignments.

I was in a training relationship with a not very good trainer at a federal agency that lasted for months.  Other than meeting with her and being given random tasks by her, I had no work to do.  It literally drove me crazy.  Establish this woman's assignments and tasks.

So, meet with her.

"Do you have enough regular work to do, Larla?"  Find out.

If she does, then tell her:  "Larla, I want you to stop emailing me and messaging me when you finish assignments and following up your emails with instant messages. I cannot give you instant attention, and it's not appropriate for you to do that.  Is that clear to you?"[/quote]

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