Skip to content

Condition: Post with Page_List

Listen
Search
Please enter at least 3 characters.

Latest Stories

Four tips to help you deal with a co-worker you can't stand

Woman angry at co-worker sitting at computer
Woman angry at co-worker sitting at computer
Getty Images

As more businesses begin to open up not only in Texas, but across the entire United States, more and more employees will seemingly be allowed to return back to work in the office.

For some, it's a momentous occasion and mark life is returning back to normal. For others, it means you once have to learn to deal with a co-worker, or co-workers, that you can not stand.


Thankfully, Zippia put together a list of tips to help you deal with a co-worker you just don't get along with.

These four tips include:

1 - Start with empathy

2 - Decide if you should confront them directly

3 - Look for things you have in common

4 - If it's a hopeless situation, make friends with someone else.

Unfortunately, also according to Zippia, the problem to fix the relationship ultimately lies with you.

They say you should "Reach out to the coworker that you can't stand and address the issue. Ask to meet up outside the office and have a chat that has nothing to do with work.