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Difficult co-worker and workenvironment

Posted by: par311
Date: 1/8/2005 3:02:31 PM

My workplace environment is getting very difficult, mainly due to one coworker. This person is:

A dominant personality who is overbearing, loud, excessively confrontational, and will not take constructive criticism, but feels free to criticize everyone else. This person has been at the job for over 14 years, while I have been there only 3 years. Unfortunately, I seem to have been a target of his wrath since I arrived mainly because I have more education than him and he saw me as a direct challenge to his position. Therefore, his negativity is directed at me, and others would have difficulty in understanding my position. This person is tolerable as long as he gets his way.

I am the odd man out in this workplace as far as politics, tenure,religion, and ethnic background. The people at this workplace are very vocal and unified about their political and religious beliefs. I have very different beliefs than theirs and I do not vocalize anything at work. While most colleagues are relatively friendly, if my beliefs were known, that would change. Any advancements at work would stop, and the atmosphere would become intolerable. This does lead to some of my frustration, i.e., I feel as though I am not standing up for my beliefs, but I've thought about this a lot, and see no other options;

In any case, the above environment also keeps me from confronting the aforementioned individual. Specifically, he is in "good" with the boss and other colleagues since they have all been around for so long and all think the same way and if I were to confront him, and I would be cast as the villain and isolated even more.

While I know in most workplace issues, voicing ones concerns is typically the best option, I honestly think that if I were to do that, it would be the end of my position.

Thanks

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