Reply To: “Issues with a New Colleague”

You can also say things like, “you know, I dont want to get caught up in the middle of this.” And then show that you dont want to. You can do that by listening sympathetically for a little while and then getting back to your work, and by not reporting anything this co-worker said to anyone else and vice-versa. Whatever they say just dies with you. You’re not a conduit.