Message #61112

[geminigirl]

Coming in a bit late on this one...

Have you - or anyone else - tried talking to the PA who's the problem?  It might be very difficult to do but it may help if you gently tell her that comments are being made - you don't necessarily have to be specific and to name names.  She might be unaware that her behaviour is being noticed.  Some people really are that thick-skinned.

It's not on that her own MD has been made aware of the problem and refuses to act.  Is there an HR department that the assistant can talk to?

Your first loyalty, however, is to the company - somebody mentioned earlier that they're the ones who pay your salary, after all.  And if this person's behaviour is having an adverse effect on the company and that her behaviour is noticed "outside the family" so to speak, it is probably time to act.

And yeah, it does get very tiresome when someone is constantly moaning about someone else and nothing gets done, and it brings everyone who hears it down.

Good luck and let us know what happens.