[papaya1921]

When I work with this 19 to 20 year olds and you ask them to help or to do something,as working in a team. I find they always have this "snippy" remark back or the tone of voice that they have. I also had to switch jobs because at my previous employer they would keep running to the boss,so every time I went into work It was like walking onn egg shells so to say.

[Timgt5]

Unfortunately helicopter parenting is starting to show up in young adults. These were probably the same kids who ran to mommy and daddy when they got a bad grade, and said parents complained to the teacher to change it to something better, instead of telling their kid to suck it up and try harder. Sorry you have to deal with this my friend.

[healingme4me]

I know ppl in their 40's,, still like this.
Switching jobs, isn't going to solve this.

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[Perna]

It is hard working with immature people younger or older than we are. I still remember a woman I worked with, her first day we had to walk a few blocks to a restaurant for a company party and I stepped off the curb and she smacked me in the stomach! She was a parent of little children and thought it was unsafe to cross the street, LOL. Fortunately I figured out what was going on before I let things get ugly.

I would experiment with ways of asking someone to help with something and make sure you and they know you are supposed to be in charge or whatever. If they are just coworkers and have an attitude, I'd make sure I rigged the work so it would show I did most of it or the best part of it, etc. (make sure they're ignorant of the whole so if asked questions they are clueless). I had a "supervisor" who was a liar and a cheat but I was smarter than she so was able to protect my and my friend's back so I could prove she had made a mistake, not one of us and that she was a liar and a cheat (and an idiot :-)

Don't be afraid to tell them the way they are speaking to you is inappropriate. Say it matter of factly and without any sort of frustration. No "please stop talking to me like that" or anything else in a form of a question. Just tell them it isn't acceptable.

It's been a while but when I was in this situation I discovered disclosing some things about me helped. Makes sense because they are just learning the work environment and they are more used to being around their friends. Like talk about something you got in trouble for or some amazing experience.

If you keep running away from the problem it will keep following you.

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[angryworld]

Just this past week I sent a coworker a one line email, a yes-or-no question about the layout of a product webpage. I got back three rambling paragraphs about how I shouldn't bother her, she doesn't have the time for questions, etc. followed by a phone call from our mutual boss.

This week I received an email with several insulting phrases IN ALL CAPS, UNDERLINING AND COLORED RED about how I should've already made changes she failed to tell me about.



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[nicoleflynn]

THey are insecure. Yes, absolutely tell them to speak to you with respect; we are in a professional relationship and that is expected. They know better, they need someone to call them on their bad behavior. .