The tension is clear – 8/4/23

I hope everyone is doing okay.

Whoa! I didn’t see it coming, the tension was clear today. The morning started with the co-worker venting of not being sure how to understand the work for about two hours and it turned into training. I went through my own process of how I understand, review and find discrepancies. Once done she told me she understood and thanked me.

She went on to tell me I am an overachiever. I wasn’t sure whether she meant it as a compliment or insult? (I am, I want to succeed – I’m not hurting anyone less challenge or compare myself to her, I thought to myself.) I ended the call by reminding her to make her notes and try to understand the work. I don’t know her well, so I let it go. I gave her instrumental information. She is impulsive and very straightforward.

The afternoon was full of tension. We presented again on financials. Another three hours – took me forty minutes to present my parts and she took the rest of the time. After all the training I have given, and the supervisor had she should’ve been able to grasp something? The supervisor’s look on her face was of, “here we go again.” There was confusion and the co-worker asked the supervisor, “why the look on your face?”, laughed it off and continued. I tried to chime in because I got tired of listening to the back and forth. I explained the same thing I explained earlier int he morning. I’m not sure if she’s really understanding or not wanting to do more than the minimum. The co-worker does go off of topic, maybe to hide her inability to grasp the training. The supervisor gave up and called it a day. I kept it quiet for the remainder of the time. I’m glad it was Friday and got off shaking my head to turn on my candle and get a glass of wine! All the Best!

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