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How to Deal With a Manipulative Coworker
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How to Deal With a Manipulative Coworker

Lifehacker, 2016

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Recommendation

When a co-worker undermines your authority, sabotages your work or engages in passive-aggressive behavior, you might be tempted to ignore the situation or to strike back in kind. Instead, Lifehacker writer Kristin Wong recommends taking the high road. Wong describes her own brushes with Machiavellian colleagues and outlines commonsense tactics that may work in your situation. getAbstract recommends this concise, actionable article to anyone who’s struggling to stay positive and productive in the company of a conniving colleague.

Take-Aways

  • Manipulative colleagues can sabotage, undermine, blame, scapegoat and engage in passive-aggressive behavior.
  • If you suspect your co-worker of being manipulative, pay attention to your intuition but also seek objectivity. Examine the facts, and ask for opinions from people you trust.
  • Notice the manipulator’s methods and motives. Limit and record your communications with the person.

About the Author

Kristin Wong is a contributing writer for Lifehacker and the author of Get Money: Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford.