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[quote=Anonymous]There are always going to be annoying coworkers and those who want to knock you down so you have to just learn to cope with it. I dealt with this at my job by hanging in there until I outranked her. It was frustrating but it helped to step back and look for what she did well - and there were things she did well, which is why she'd gotten to her position in the first place.

And then eventually she crossed one line too many and I realized that I was at a stage in my own career and had earned credibility within the company such that I could do something about it. I pointed out to our mutual higher-ups how her behavior was detrimental to the organization (frankly but unemotionally, sticking to facts) and she was let go.

However as I had gotten more experienced in the workforce I realized that she was competent in some ways I had been too immature to realize when I was younger, and I wasn't gleeful when she was terminated. When you mention that you're "young, very competent" and that you have no kids so devote lots of time to work, I'd just suggest that you also keep in mind you're part of a team and that others, including this woman, may have skills you're overlooking in your zeal. Enthusiasm and youthful energy are great - just be conscious that others have lots to contribute as well as you, perhaps in different ways, and that an attitude that someone else is an idiot is usually way less helpful to everyone than trying to find and work with that colleague's strengths. Also...try not to become that person yourself. When you say "I keep having a problem" then yeah, you probably are part of it in one way or another.
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