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My coworker makes me feel incompetent
Have you ever had a coworker that makes you feel like an idiot every day? Someone who’s more concerned with you and your performance more than anything else. They’ve seemed to take it upon themselves to be the authority on your output and your overall existence in the workplace.
They don’t like you
For whatever reason, they don’t like you and from now on they’re going to take it out on you by criticising you constantly. You’re just as good or even better at your job than they are, but they hold on to every mistake that you make and save them for when important people are around.
They don’t know how to be professional and just let things go. They’re upset and only know how to be a dick about it. They have no emotional maturity and you’re going to have to pay for it.
They’re intimidated by you
They’re intimidated by you and your presence at work and instead of rising to the occasion, they’re going to try and tear you down instead because it’s easier. It happens in every industry. There are people who’re motivated by the high performance of others, and then there are people who are scared of it.
They think that life comes easy for you and you don’t deserve any praise that you get. From now on they’re going to watch you like a…