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You’re working under a boss who really rubs you the wrong way. So you quit your job and take another. But in your new office, you find yourself stuck with a co-worker who bugs the tar out of you.<\/p>\n

The presence of annoying, incompetent, and underhanded people isn’t a particular workplace problem, but a universal human problem. In any and every group of people, there are going to be bothersome and troublesome personalities.<\/p>\n

So if you can’t entirely escape them, how do you get along with your fellow humans at work? My guest today has some research-backed advice. Her name is Tessa West, and she’s a professor of psychology and the author of Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them<\/em><\/a>. Today on the show, Tessa describes the seven types of jerks you run into at work \u2014 the kiss-up\/kick-downer, credit stealer, bulldozer, free rider, micromanager, neglectful boss, and gaslighter \u2014 and shares what drives their respective behaviors and how to deal with them.<\/p>\n

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