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[quote=Anonymous]Here's the situation, my employee and I have a stressed relationship.  He is very cocky, acts like a know-it-all, and treats me like a colleague rather than supervisor.  He gets very defensive when I correct something he's done so it's gotten to the point where I really hesitate to correct him (I'll correct factual and grammatical errors, but if its style or professional corrections, I think about it more and second guess myself).

For example, When I email him "you need to add XYZ to the agenda and coordinate with [staff] to find out what time XYZ will speak" he'll always respond with an argument or excuse or reason why he did things his way, "I'm already prepared for [staff] to come. They are coming at 10:00 and I'll just stop the discussion to talk about XYZ.

When another supervisor or boss or someone says the same thing to him, his response is always "okay, will do."

I annoys the crap out of me.

He's also made statements that his degree is more advanced than mine (it's not) and that I micromanage him too much.

Today, he sent my boss a document for review and blind copied me on it).  In the email he said that 2 colleagues reviewed and edited his work and he was sending it to my boss for review approval.

My  boss also forwards me the email (didn't know my employee bcc'd me on it) and asks why I didn't review it?  in other words, I'm in trouble for "letting" my employee send something up the ranks that I didn't review.

A few minutes later, he sends the original email to me and adds [my boss] asked that I review it before she looks at it.

I know exactly what he was trying to do - circumvent me and deal with my boss.

Would you make this a big deal and tell him that from now on he needs to go through me before sending anything to the big boss or do you think he got the message because my boss already told him she's not reviewing unless I see it.

What's funny (sad funny) is that after I made edits to the document, he sent it back to my boss but HAD to add that I only made minor edits.  I know the way his mind works and he's trying to subtly tell my boss that I didn't need to review.

I know it sounds like I'm obsessing over a little thing, but trust me when I say that this guy is VERY difficult to work with.  He argues every point with me and will never just do what I ask, he tries to get away with as little work as possible and tries to "catch" me in mistakes, oversights or other things.  It gets old and tiring fast.

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