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Tips on dealing with problematic coworkers

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turning now to our next guest

she is a social psychologist and nyu professor
who’s shedding light on stressful workplace environments and problematic colleagues not jen

and she’s here with us today
with tips from her new book
with the best title there
“jerks at work: toxic co-workers and what to do about them”

please help me welcome tessa west

hey there tessa

hi thanks for having me

absolutely thank you for being here

listen i feel like a lot of people, they’re turning up that volume right now

so manydeal with different personalities at work
some can be very difficult

in your book you break down the seven classic workplace archetypes
that were most likely there in the office

can you tell us what they are and a little bit about them

yeah so i chose seven different categories

that i think capture all the different types of difficult people we work with
no matter what you do for a living

1. so the first is the kiss up kick downer

“butter up”

this is the person who works at the same level as you
but kind of tortures you and everyone beneath(under) you
but kisses up to the boss so the boss really loves this person

2. the next is the credit stealer

so this is that person who is very clever about acting like they’re helping you out
so they’re a confident
they’re aclose friend
and then they steal credit for your ideas
but they often cover their tracks and
actually will give you credit for things you didn’t even necessarily do
so that they look good to the boss

3. the next is the bulldozer

so this is a person that we’re all pretty used to
this is that person who takes over 奪う　meetings takes over agendas
and they often have some power so they can kind of climb up the ladder at work
and go behind the scenes　影で　 to get what they want　暗躍する

4. the next one is the free rider

so this is actually the most common type of jerk at work

so this is that person who’s charismatic
and everybody actually really likes
they’re great at doing things like making dinner reservations
but in reality they don’t actually do very much work
but they end up getting a lot of credit for it

5. and then we have the micromanager

so this is probably the most common kind of management strategy we see at work

these folks tend to be very anxious and so
in order to make themselves feel like they have control
they oversee everyone and everything
to the point where you can’t actually get anything done

oversee監督する, overlook見落とす

6. and then we have what’s called the neglectful boss

so this is a bit of a surprise to folks

this type of boss tends to do a disappearing act for a long period of time

but then they panic and so they show up at the last minute
and they micromanage you in order to get that feeling of control back

it’s a little bit like a crash diet where you eat really poorly for days
panic and then decide you’re gonna, you know, flush your body with green juice as an outcome

and lastly we have thegaslighters

gaslight
〈俗〉〔心理的手段を用いて人を〕正気ではない［精神に異常がある］と思い込ませる
〈俗〉〔心理的に操って人を〕だます

so this is a person who’s dishonest at work
but they do it with the intent of deceiving on a very grand scale

they isolate you from people at work
and then they lie to you in order to make their agenda happen

oh yeah a lot of people are saying
wait i know that person
i know that person

how do you figure out what type of jerk you’re dealing with

and once you’ve figured that out
do you approach them about it

that’s a great question

so i think the first answer is
these are several different types
but what they have in commonare some basic behavioral patterns

so what we see often with people at work is
they kind of fall into one or two categories

they either do things behind the scenes

so they’re very clever and they’re tricky

and they make sure they cover their tracks
or they are, you know, what you see,
what you get kind of jerked at work

so someone like a bulldozer they don’t really hide who they’re trying to be

so you need to identify these patterns first
and then figure out what you’re going to do

i think the next really important thing that you should do is
kind of figure out how to approach that jerk at work

look for these signature patterns of behavior that are then going to tell you

should i go talk to the jerk themselves
and actually try to confront them

or do i need to take a more subtle strategy
and approach someone behind the scenes

maybe collect allies before you approach the boss
or you then go to talk to this person

and then i think if you do approach people
you have to be very careful in knowing exactly who you can approach and when

well tesla west you are most definitely not a jerk
thank you so much for being here and joining us
her book jerks at work is available tomorrow at your favorite bookstore
thank you so much