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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an employee who seems to live to make my life difficult. She wants to be a manager as she has more seniority than others and feels very slighted that she isn't a manager. She will never be a manager as she intentionally works against me, tries to stir up trouble, is over outspoken and critical of others, is emotionally reactive and does not take direction. She does hae a wealth of knowledge but doesn't use it in productive ways. She is about 50 and has been at the company for about 15 years with multiple moves between departments.

Also since she isn't a manager she is a unionized employee and she goes to the union over every little thing, even if it isn't a union issue.

So our building is warm (old building with poor air circulation) so she has decided to wear minimal clothing as a way to show us how warm she is. She has fans in her office and we all know the temp as we all work in it too. 
Last week there were two days where she was dressed inappropriately. She wore a thin strap form fitting tank top with a little sports skirt that was so short that when she sat it barely covered her underwear. She sees clients in her role so professionalism matters. Another day she wore a sundress with an open back that was also very short.

If I raise this with her she will make a huge deal about it (I am also female). She will go to everyone on the team, the union and HR. HR backs me up as they are very aware if all the past incidents but it will be a week of drama and meetings before it calms down.

I feel like I am held hostage a little by her. It takes so much energy and time and so turns damage to the team to deal with saying anything that sometimes I just don't. She is exhausting and she wants me to say something. I feel as though we are in a lose-lose dynamic and I am not sure how to fix it.[/quote]

Why don't you fire her and replace her?

Where do you work that can't do this?   Where I work they would fire her and hire and h1b contractor from infosys the next week [/quote]

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