Guy at my new work place, (just 5 of us 'international' staff)
Clocks in on time, often doesn't do any work that I can see, isn't even on the premises.. clocks out hours after we have all left (we get sent our times regularly and publicly).
Comes into meetings and insists on sitting on the floor rather than around the table.
Meeting starts, he gets up from floor and walks out of meeting for no apparent reason for minutes on end.
His work can be an actual disaster.
He doesn't discipline his students who then cause trouble for the rest of us.
Regularly tells us he is the best thing ever.. a propos of nothing.
Wanders round the office in his hoodie and workout clothes trying to posture like a tough guy and everyone just shits themselves around him.
Constantly twitching and clearing his throat which makes me think that the guy has insecurities and problems.
American CFO came to visit (left wing Boomer with solid track record for Fortune 500 companies)
Boomer lectured us that the world for 100s of years was getting closer and closer and smaller and smaller.
Now Trump and Putin and Brexit are causing the world to morph and splinter.
Its part of our job as International Teachers to bring the world back together in the face or Trump and Putin.
Employee claims that his bad sales numbers are a result of local customers discriminating.
Claims it is also the result of local colleagues dropping the ball on his brilliant pitches.
Boomer says that there will only be one teacher doing sales pitch from now on.
Employee says it better be him or discrimination.
Employee says, a propos of nothing, that white America is racist and causing racism to affect him here.. overseas..
CFO agrees.
CFO indicates that he wants me to be the go-to sales guy.
Employee says discrimination.
CFO goes silent.
CFO lectures us about Starbucks brand recognition.
Employee says, unasked for, that he doesn't drink Starbucks because of racial grievances.
CFO nods and agrees that this is understandable.
CFO says that Brexit is bad and caused by racism, gestures to me as the lone Brit.
Then spends the next hour focusing on me as the new sales guy and lecturing people to watch what I do and learn from me.I have zero experience in the job that they want me to do.
Employee giving me evil stares at this stage in our working relationship.
Employee then disappears and doesn't reappear for 2 hours. then goes home.
Later we get messaged that he has come back in and clocked out and magically worked more hours that day than the rest of us.
I don't talk to the guy unless I have to and keep things friendly and civil on my part.
American CFO gives meaningless platitudinous talk about healing the worlds differences and then fucks off back to HQ, 100s of miles away.
Am getting seriously pissed off with this Employees bullshit and the fact that all other employees try to pretend in public confrontations that he is in the right and fail to challenge him when he acts up.. at all.
Clown World, Ladies and Gentlemen..
not feasible to change workplace for quite some time and I don't want to let this one issue cause me to make changes that I don't have the finances and job security to risk failing.
Any advice, tips, pointers welcomed.