Sometimes attorneys do deserve their bad reps

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Maybe they're afraid to fire her? I've worked with some really horrible "personalities" and it seems sometimes people are just to afraid to stand up to them.

Tell me about it. We've got one here. When I came on board, his reputation had preceded him. He worked, may years before I started, at my previous place of employment and the people there that knew him STILL talked about his...personality.

He's a jerk and a bully and everyone knows it. After I filed a formal complaint against him for making ludicrous accusations to my face, I learned that my manager has zero respect for him.

And yet, he's been here for several years. He is seen as "talented" and has knowledge that, thanks to being a jerk and few people wanting to talk to him, no one else has. And his manager is too timid to do anything to reign him in (although I have noticed that since filing my complaint, he is not sent to interface with my department as much, if at all. Hmmm).

Considering the relatively small size of the company, especially back when he was hired, I'm surprised he lasted this long. He does know his stuff, but there's got to be a point where the fact that people would rather waste time avoiding him than go directly to him when we should is costing the company more than his knowledge gains them.