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Dealing with An IT Bully

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Interesting article for anyone having to deal with IT guys that constantly think everyone except themselves make mistakes and are dumb.

Dealing with An IT Bully. Excerpt :

... It’s safe to say that most of us in IT have encountered someone who was belligerent and unreasonable. For example, you may have worked with a person who believes they are God’s gift to information technology and are the ultimate authority on any IT topic.

These bullies are quick to aggressively divert blame for any problem back to someone else, because they couldn’t possibly be responsible. Some are passive aggressive, where they will subtly lay blame behind your back. Others enjoy getting in your face and being as confrontational as possible.

Let me continue and share my painful experience. Then I’ll take a step back and make some suggestions on how to deal with an IT bully. ...
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...Dirk. Let's play that name with his name and see what he ends up being. You know... where you change one letter or add one letter and have it be a word. Lets start by changing the 'r'...
 
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Jimmy Fallon's character comes to mind, "MOVE!"
 
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I have ran into many "Dirk's" in my life. I know some people if they were in that position would have grabbed Dirk and threw him into a wall! I am not the violent type myself, but man, that kind of person can make even some very passive and calm people get very aggressive!

One close friend works in a similar situation but seems to handle it better than most people I know would.

Dirk is an amazing piece of work for sure!!! :D

ogacon, I was thinking the same thing! :D
 
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I have worked with a few Richards in my career.
 
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MacHeadCase said:
Interesting article for anyone having to deal with IT guys that constantly think everyone except themselves make mistakes and are dumb.
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That article seems more like dealing with a jerk of a co-worker/middle management person than dealing with an IT bully.
It's the usual corporate rigmarole where some suit in a high and lofty office wants something done 'yesterday' and gives nobody sufficient time to acclimate to the new procedure.
 
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I think you could substitute IT bully for Manager a lot of the time
 
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It is YOUR fault!

:Evil: If I were an IT guy, I'd totally blame all of you for messing things up! :Evil:
 

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