'Let the newbie fail': Finance worker stunned that new hire refuses to learn because they're "not the boss"

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 29, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

If this new hire doesn't shape up, she's going to lose that brand-new job. Imagine fumbling the ball that badly!

They say you get one chance to make a first impression, and there are few times in life when that's more important than your first weeks at a new gig. If a company has just hired you, you should probably be acting happy to be there, ready to learn, and eager to get to know how the team operates. You're learning where you fit into the bigger picture of the company. During this period, you're supposed to be getting to know your coworkers, and you're still freshly excited to have this new job. 

That's why this new hire's behavior is so baffling to their coworker, u/Striking-Quiet_. They're tasked with training her before they leave their senior associate role. But for some reason, the new hire is acting weirdly hostile towards them. It's not like the original poster is going to be their competition, right? This worker expressed their frustration at the situation, and commenters told them some great ways they could deal with this hostile coworker. 

After that, read about the funniest times people forgot words and just made up new ones, like the guy who "couldn't remember groomsmen, went with dudesmaids instead." 

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    TYNIDING σ AV 'New coworker won't let me train her because I'm "not the boss" STUDIO
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    new co-worker who won't let me to train her because i'm "not the boss" I work for a financial firm and have been ready to leave for months now due to personal issues outside of work. My boss didn't want me to leave because I'm a senior associate and I know the ins and outs of all of our accounts. I told her that I would stick around for a few months
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    after she hired the new person so that I could train them and she was super happy about this. I spent a lot of time creating standard operating procedure guides for a lot of what we do because I knew I would only be in a couple of days a week to train the new hire and I wanted them to have guides and how-to's about procedures specific to our branch (the way my boss likes things done).
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    However, this new associate does not listen to anything I tell her. She blows me off. Refuses to follow any of the procedures and even got upset at me when I told her we never transfer calls to our boss unless it's something we absolutely cannot help the client with. We're assistants so it's our job to ask what the nature of the call is and to handle it if it falls under allowable actions under our job description. She on the other hand will just transfer the call to my boss.
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    Yesterday my boss had me sit in on the branch meeting and she basically went over what is expected of her and the other co-worker. I think this rubbed her the wrong way because today I receive a text message from the other co-worker saying the new hire lost it and told her she wasn't going to do what I told her to do because i'm not the boss. Mind you my boss approves of the training. I've had check-ins with her throughout the process. Ugh
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    just frustrating that I'm wasting my time going in a couple of times a week when I know she won't listen to me. edit: when i came into work my boss was having a strict conversation with the new hire because she didn't handle a few things that needed to be done by a certain date which negatively impacted the commissions for my boss. she was not happy.
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    and for anyone asking why i haven't gone to my boss... i have. that was the reason for the above mentioned meeting.
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    BlueberryContessa No longer your circus
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    Suzuki_Foster Maybe email her for clarification that she won't listen to you because you're "not the boss," and BCC your boss. Then, stop trying to teach her anything at all.
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    PlutorisingDarkLady This happened with a new hire that supposedly had previous experience with a newer software our company was implementing. I was leading this implementation. She has ZERO interest in the training I gave and would look at her phone or chat with her friend that was her reference. She was given
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    more responsibilities because I said she did pretty well on training as she was sure she knew the software. A couple of months later the managers asked me to go over her work as the results of her taking on these clients was beyond subpar. Turns out she had NO idea what she was doing and was rubbing every one the wrong way. She was let go within a week after reviewing her "work"
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    East-Ad-1560 It would be the right thing to do if you gave your boss a heads up on how she is acting.
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    Academic_Network9679 She sounds really immature, she won't be there for long
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    Suspicious-Leave-288 If I was in your shoes, I would have a one on one with my boss. What the other coworker said is hearsay and I wouldn't approach my boss with it. I would outline my worries. with the trainee is a respectful neutral way and ask boss "how would you like me to proceed with training her?".
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    Bargle-Nawdle-Zouss Let the newbie fail. Document your attempts.
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    CakeZealousideal1820 If and that's a big IF you feel inclined to see this through for your boss, send weekly updates of what you have covered with the new hire. Don't even get into whether or not she grasped it. Type it up every Friday and bcc your personal email. I'd take a step further and every week say she'll be taking over xyz now that she has been trained on the proper
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    procedures for Even better send her an email bcc your personal email and your boss laying out what was covered during the week and close it out by saying now that xyz procedure/policy whatever was covered for that week she can start handling tasks on her own. Sit back and watch the fireworks
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    MyTransResearch Dealing with people with rigid and strange personality issues is like trying to navigate a minefield. Good luck. Hopefully she gets fired.
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