This dude is extremely persistent about having irrelevant things his way, and when he doesn’t get it, he acts as if it were a personal attack. Do you guys have any argument or method to deal with this kind of people?

I used to say “whatever” and let him have things his way, but as I got more experienced I started to listen more to his arguments and basically respond “this makes no sense” (not with those exact words, of course).

  • unmagical
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    11 months ago

    I worked with a high level senior like that. I found it easiest to just let him have his way. Eventually he was let go cause he spent most of his time arguing over trivial bullshit instead of actually working.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, if you don’t really care either way, don’t waste your time arguing. Eventually someone will notice he’s wasting everyone’s time and will be let go (or you’ll find a better gig eventually).