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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to convey that she has a mental illness that no amount of reprimands or training will correct. Because from where I’m sitting it’s obvious. She needs psychiatric care. 
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The communication coach hinted at this. She has time blindness and will ramble in meetings without respect for time. I was told she "comes into the workplace and sees her supervisor as needing to fulfill her needs for the day." She's been referred to our EAP program and our in-house emotional support coach too.

I work in social services. She was under the supervision of one of my colleagues and we received a complaint about her from local law enforcement. She was belligerent, refusing to let law enforcement do their job, and was almost placed in handcuffs. My agency did *nothing* about this because my colleague was 1 week into the job. She transferred to my unit shortly after with a glowing reference from the former supervisor and this was not mentioned at all. My program director (my supervisor) is pissed that she was dumped on us.[/quote]

Ah yes, the glowing reference to get rid of someone.

Is she receptive to flattery? I had a clinically paranoid colleague who started harassing me. My supervisor called her, flattered her, and managed to get her to leave voluntarily because we were obviously not a good fit for her talents - she was worth so much more!

But since yours is 50 and in gov…. maybe she won’t fall for that. You might have to write a glowing reference.

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This is the best advice you've received. You've discovered how people get rid of problem employees in the government. They move them to another office with a very good reference. Now it is your turn to move her on. She has psychiatric issues. Find another position for her and talk it up. Tell her how amazing she is and that she is wasted on your team. I assume you have been trying to make her miserable (another time-honored way to get people to move on in the gov't), but it doesn't seem to be working. You've got to think strategically about this. Or move to another position yourself.[/quote]

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