Very new to the company (1 week) and I really enjoy this place... no I'm no longer with Samsung. There's a guy (Mr. A) who came 3 weeks prior to my arrival and he was trained properly and now he is training me very vaguely on everything. I see my manager's attitude has changed within 2 days of my work. Havent done anything wrong but I'm assuming the Mr. A is lying to upper management since he's a temp and I'm fte..... he is very insecure and have no knowledge of simple product knowledge. Since I'm new, when I send an email to my manager asking basic functionality and wrote what I know from doing some research, mr A asked me to include him in the email which I did. We decided to have a meeting so my manager can explain our new project product. During the meeting Mr. A mentions he's been doing a lot of research and takes all the credit for something I have taught mr. A. He acts very friendly but asks me to stop talking to other people and says bad things about others. When he comes to work early which was 1 time in a whole week then he would email other people right away to make it seem like he's working hard early. How do I handle someone like this? since I'm new, I don't want to be seen as someone who can not work with people so I don't want to completely ignore him. I'm in manual/automation testing...
I have had to deal with someone like this early in my career. Never knew how to handle the situation so I just left. 😔
He’s Indian?
No... race doesn't make any difference
I have had an east European colleague like that. Typical behavior from ppl who come from post soviet countries.
Continue doing really good. Include your manager and/or other relevant people on your emails (whoever should receive them), disregarding what Mr. A says. Back-up plan: start looking for a new, better place, whether same organization or a different one.
If your manager is half decent he should understand what's going on. Either way you should bring it up 'only' when the situation directly relates to you
Outplay them, simple.
Management failure for having this new clown train you.
I think you should set up regular 1:1 with your manager and bring up these issues slowly.
Don't want to sound like a whiner or someone who can't handle situation in front of my manager right away... This is a reason why I haven't considered this approach
^ don’t settle for trash. You have one life. Respect yourself. Often times, it is what it is. Find a way out of this situation. Either man up and bring up to ur manager or wait until you can’t suffer anymore, and then bring up or leave for other job. Your choice.