Employee that is leaving the company gets tired of the new trainee disregarding everything he says and teaches, as she doesn't believe it's important: 'The new associate said she wasn't going to follow what I was telling her because I'm not her manager.'

María Cetra • Writer

Sep 1, 2026 10:30 AM EDT

Don't offer to do anything for the company you're resigning from. It will backfire into a problem for you in no time.

If you are leaving, then why offer to stick around to train the employee who is going to take over your job? I get the fact that you want to end things on good terms. But it's just having to do more than you should for a company you will be leaving in no time. You wanted to leave for a reason. Why stay? Why help out? They do not deserve it, and there is no reason for you to stay there longer for a favor.

And when the situation escalates even more, like in the story below. Not only is this former employee helping out in something that he has no reason to help with, but he is also having to put up with an annoying trainee that doesn't respect him or listen to him. If I were in his shoes, I most definitely would have gone to my former manager and explained the situation. Say how awful they are behaving and how badly they are at the job, how they don't see me as an authority capable of teaching, so they do not care for my knowledge. And with that, I would leave the company and move on with my life as I should have the moment I resigned. But well, that's just me. Let's hope this employee follows in my footsteps.

If you want to leave the company, LEAVE! Don't offer to do anything for them. You are done with them!

I work at an investment company, and I've been planning to leave for a while because of some personal circumstances outside of work. My manager really didn't want me to leave at all because I'm one of the senior associates and I know all the weird little details in our clients' accounts. I told her I'd stay on for a few weeks after she brought in someone new so I could help train them, and she was very relieved about that. Since I knew I'd only be there one or two days a week to work with the ne

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Not just general instructions, but also branch-specific things, like how my manager likes certain tasks to be done, and the small steps that aren't obvious unless you've been there for a while. The problem is that this new associate basically ignores anything I say. She blows me off, disregards the procedures, and got annoyed when I explained to her that we don't transfer every call straight to our manager unless it's something we genuinely can't handle ourselves. We're assistants, so part of th

She's not understanding the job at all. Why would you even hire someone like that? She doesn't have the qualifications for the position.

people without asking almost anything. At the beginning of this week, my manager asked me to attend a branch meeting, where she explained what she expected from the new employee and from my other coworker. I'm almost certain that annoyed the new employee, because the next morning I got a message from my other coworker saying the new associate got angry and said she wasn't going to follow what I was telling her because I'm not her manager. And honestly... My manager is the one who approved this w

She doesn't want to learn. You don't want to waste your time with that. LEAVE! There is no reason for you to stay.

with her multiple times while I was putting it together. It's just frustrating because I'm using my limited time to come in and help, and it feels like she has already decided she doesn't need to learn anything from me.

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That's what I would do. Talk to your former manager and simply explain the situation so that you can get out of it.

Dear-Board5692 Tell your manager. "I've been trying to train her, but she's unwilling to learn from me"

Better_Chard4806 This is the boss's problem now.

Exactly, no need to keep putting up with this nonsense.

mwb1957 Dump this on your manager. The new employee refuses to take direction from you. As a result you are wasting your time. The new employee is not a good fit for this job. Don't stress out.

dagobertamp Document everything. She'll have to answer for her inability.

PNW_OILady_2025 Document everything. Tell your manager she straight up refuses to listen to you because you aren't her "manager". She sounds like an immature child who isn't ready for a real world job. Ensure your boss is aware of how unprepared she is going to be for the position due to her refusal to learn anything from you, the person who held the actual job she will be filling and know like the back of your hand. She somehow thinks she's above YOU to be taking "orders" from you. That's how s

Upper-Quarter-4802 That is your managers responsibility not yours. Your generous offer of training isn't going as planned, so you need to pass that off to your boss to handle since the new employee has been difficult. It isn't your responsibility anymore, put it where it lies. Good luck to you in your endeavors!! It would be interesting to see how long that new person lasts after you leave.

Or this former employee just explains the situation and gets done with it. No need to stay in a company that you have already resigned from.

Neakhanie Both you and the new hire need to see the manager together. Each person gets 1 minute to tell their side. Manager fixes it. You leave and have a happy life, either way.

TonalContrast Toss it all back to the manager informing her that that the new hire is refusing to take any instructions or training from you and your co- worker. Share details of everything you have tried to train on and the responses back, then walk away. This is a manager issue to deal with, not yours.

That! No need to keep up with this nonsense if you are leaving. Just leave for once and for all.

HRHSuzz I mean you're leaving so this isn't really anything to put on yourself or blow up into any sort of situation other than updating your manager. You're willing to stay on and now it seems pointless cause she doesn't want to take any sort of direction from you and set a date for your departure. It's not your problem and you don't need to stress over it or make it anything bigger. Just loop in the company and give them your new departure date.

Odd Welcome7940 Blast out daily emails detailing their progress and their inability to properly take training or direction. Do it over and over and over

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