Not sure if this is on topic, but I could use a little advice here.
I'm new in a medium-sized company. Typical office politics, and of course there's this one person I always seem to butt heads with. I was hired as a report writer / developer / dba - type position in an accounting group. For the most part, I love my job. But this one person, supposedly a Business Analyst, is really getting to me.
Now I'm not sure (at least in this company) what a BA is supposed to do all day, but this one seems to like to go out of her way to step on people. I guess she gets paid to try to make people look bad. Consistently she comes my way and asks me to change certain reports agains my Project Manager's orders. I fell for it once. Naturally in a meeting when it was brought up I explained that she had asked me to do it, and as you may guess she flat-out lied and said of course not. As a further drawback she'd made the request verbally, so I had no e-mail or written request to back my position. Never again. For a couple of weeks, she left me alone.
Now, it's back to the same old antics. Recently she's asked me for a similar request, and now she's pissed because I'm checking with my project manager before making her desired changes. I fear that covering my *ss may escalate the situation. Granted, I do not like this person (I've never had an affinity for liars & cheats), but I do want my workplace to run as smooth as possible.
To top it off, other co-workers who have been here longer have explained that she'd "step on anyone's face to get ahead". Great, it seems as though I'm pegged for a staircase.
Can anyone give me a little advice on how to handle this situation? I'm not a big fan of confrontation, and I really don't want to stoop down to her level, but at the same time I'd like to just do my job and (of course) look good for the work I do.
Thanks,
Jason
I'm new in a medium-sized company. Typical office politics, and of course there's this one person I always seem to butt heads with. I was hired as a report writer / developer / dba - type position in an accounting group. For the most part, I love my job. But this one person, supposedly a Business Analyst, is really getting to me.
Now I'm not sure (at least in this company) what a BA is supposed to do all day, but this one seems to like to go out of her way to step on people. I guess she gets paid to try to make people look bad. Consistently she comes my way and asks me to change certain reports agains my Project Manager's orders. I fell for it once. Naturally in a meeting when it was brought up I explained that she had asked me to do it, and as you may guess she flat-out lied and said of course not. As a further drawback she'd made the request verbally, so I had no e-mail or written request to back my position. Never again. For a couple of weeks, she left me alone.
Now, it's back to the same old antics. Recently she's asked me for a similar request, and now she's pissed because I'm checking with my project manager before making her desired changes. I fear that covering my *ss may escalate the situation. Granted, I do not like this person (I've never had an affinity for liars & cheats), but I do want my workplace to run as smooth as possible.
To top it off, other co-workers who have been here longer have explained that she'd "step on anyone's face to get ahead". Great, it seems as though I'm pegged for a staircase.
Can anyone give me a little advice on how to handle this situation? I'm not a big fan of confrontation, and I really don't want to stoop down to her level, but at the same time I'd like to just do my job and (of course) look good for the work I do.
Thanks,
Jason