New employee - sense of superiority
Hi,
This probably falls under the category of 'dealing with awkward people'.
We are a small office (20s now) - that is going through a period of rapid growth, having increased by 40% in the last 6 months.
One person in particular is becoming a challenge to deal with.
They started at the beginning of the year, in a mid-level position, by no means a manager - and strangely - were promoted within 3 months (which is normally the probation period for a new hire).
Since then - they have began openly questioning EVERYTHING that goes on in the office - across all departments, e.g.
- Why things are done a particular way
- Why they aren't done another way
If some others in the office were to ask similar questions - they would be told that it didn't concern them, etc.
A number of the new hires that have occurred since this person started come from the same previous employer.
This person has also become (among other things) - a fire officer, a health and safety officer, a first aider, and so on.
This seems to add to a strange sense of 'more authority than they actually have'.
During a visit/presentation from the CEO of the overall company (1200+) - they even questioned/tried to correct the CEO when he was discussing a project that the CEO himself was involved in - 15+ years ago.
The easiest suggestion I can think would be to ignore the person, but it is becoming more and more difficult when this person seems to be involved in almost everything in the office.
(Their full time role is NOT anything to do with office management/HR etc.)
Any advice? :)