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[quote=Anonymous]I work with a person who has always been known in the company for her negative demeanor, her disrespect and her ineffectiveness. This is a non-profit that would never fire someone for that, plus, this person has managed to convince the small unit I work in that she is indispensable. She clearly does not like me, and I am not too fond of her either, but I firmly believe in showing people respect and trying accept them for who they are unless it affects my work performance. I got pregnant, had a complicated pregnancy and was on leave for 7 months. While I was out the company hired a temp, she is younger than me, and much more like the person referenced above, just more inexperienced in all areas (including backstabbing, manipulation). They got along very well, so the mean person tried to get HR to create a permanent position for her. She was told that my job was not available and that she should lay off. In the meantime, she got cancer, but delayed treatment because she felt she needed to work (uhm... what?? Is any job ever worth risking your life if you have very generious benefits that protect you for a long time?) By the time I came back she was on short-term disability. But despite being told numerous times to not answer emails or work or even show up in the office she continues to do it. Emails that should come to me get delayed because she cannot forward them in time. She spends a lot of time with the temp, telling her what to do, sending emails, talking on the phone about things the temp should talk to me about. It makes the entire working environment very uncomfortable.

I talked to HR, and they are fully aware of the situation, but feel that their hands are tied. They asked me to push back as much as I can. I was becoming increasingly unhappy, so I applied for another position that was a promotion. When I got the job offer, my boss asked me to stay offering me the same promotion. I stayed.

What should I do? I do feel sorry that she has cancer, but her behavior is intolerable, and I am not willing to let her push me out. I am actually pretty good at my job and I enjoy working with the other people there. I just can't stand having to constantly deal with her. She coldly tells the temp that she *might* let her stay a little longer once she is back. (She wants to come back soon and only work part-time, which is not really an option in our job) She is constantly overstepping boundaries.

Sorry this is so long, I just feel like I am in an impossible situation. :([/quote]

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