"I've been with my company for two years and took over for someone who retired after more than 30 years with the firm. This is very typical of the company as they have amazing benefits, pension, and stock options. The person who retired, "David," was replaced by two people, myself and the son of one of our founders, "Joe". It's not unusual that Joe works here, most of the founders' kids and grandkids do, and most of them do a great job and are nice people. That is surprisingly not why I'm writing."
"Regardless, I've asked Alison not to CC me on things that don't need my direct action. I've told her I don't do these things, Joe does. I've asked her to ask me directly if she needs me to do something, and yet, she still just CC's randomly. I've started just ignoring the emails unless someone asks me to do something. Apparently, she's now going around the office telling people that I am a B-word, not a people person (which is kinda true, I only like a few people who work in our org and I mostly keep to myself but I am cordial to everyone and this is a job not a social club) and that I do not do my job."
An employee took over part of a long-time retiree's role, splitting responsibilities between technical work and contracts handled by the founder's son. The accounting head, who worked with the retiree for decades, repeatedly CCs the employee on emails meant for the contracts person despite being told not to. The employee has requested direct asks only and begun ignoring irrelevant CCs. The accounting head has started telling colleagues that the employee is unfriendly and not performing, which is damaging the employee's reputation and creating ongoing workplace tension.
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