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    Employee gets cousin hired in same tech company department, humbles him when he tries too hard to compete: 'Maybe focus on your own KPIs'

    Coworkers with a superiority complex are the worst, but being related to them puts their antics into another league altogether. 

    While it may be true that a certain amount of competitiveness can be a healthy addition to the workplace, there comes a point where it stops driving anybody to better and starts being a long and drawn-out performance of a person's unaddressed insecurities. Just because it is important to care about doing your own work to the highest standard doesn't mean that it is acceptable to ignore that you are a part of a team.

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    • You might think that if you work in the same place as a family member, you would be more inclined to cut them some slack and make the most of working together, instead of thinking solely about achieving your own goals at the expense of others. Unfortunately, this frequently turns out not to be true, and those who keep their workplace in the family find that the whole thing is a headache that they could have done without.

      The awkward thing about working with someone that you are related to is that having a falling out in the office has ramifications that extend far beyond when you clock in. At its worst, it can turn into a full-blown family drama that winds up affecting both personal and professional spheres. When there is no escape from an issue like that is when you know that you have to tread carefully. You could regret it if you don't.

    • Am I wrong for humbling my cousin who won't stop making everything a competition at work?

      So, I work at a mid- sized tech firm. About six months ago, my cousin, Leo, got hired in the same department.
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    • We grew up together and were always cool, so I actually helped him prep for the interview.
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    • Big mistake. Ever since he started, it's like he's on a mission to prove he's the main character.
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    • A tech employee thought that he was doing a good deed when he referred his cousin to a job opening in the same department where he worked. However, he began having his regrets almost as soon as his relative got hired. It turned out that he was going to take every opportunity he could to try to make himself look better than him. It got to a point where he really could not stand it anymore.

    • I'm not a competitive guy at all, I just want to do my 9-to-5, get my paycheck, and go home.
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    • But Leo is constantly doing this weird one- upping thing. If I finish a report early, he'll announce to the whole breakroom how he finished his and helped someone else with theirs.
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    • The worst part is that he's started using our personal history as office banter to make me look incompetent.
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    • Last week, we were in a meeting with our supervisor, and Leo randomly brought up a story from when I was 19 and messed up a simple DIY project at home.
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    • He framed it as a funny joke about why I shouldn't be trusted with the new hardware rollout.
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    • Everyone laughed, but it felt super snakey. He also spends half his time gossiping about our other coworkers to me, then turns around and tells them advice I supposedly gave him about their work performance.
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    • It's creating this toxic vibe where people think I'm judging them behind their backs. Yesterday, I finally snapped.
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    • We were at lunch with a few team members and he started in on how he's carrying the weight of our specific project because I'm too laid back.
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    • I didn't yell, but I stayed very quiet and just said: Leo, the only reason you even knew this job existed is because I handed you the referral.
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    • Maybe focus on your own KPIs instead of trying to rewrite my history for the team.
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    • It got incredibly awkward. He turned bright red and later texted me saying I humiliated him in front of the colleagues he's trying to impress and that I'm being a j because he was just joking around.
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    • I don't think I'm the j for setting a boundary, but the silence in the office today is making me second-guess if I should have just handled it privately.
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    • Sad-Anything-8249 some ppl don't see a ladder, they see a human stepping stone. you didn't humble him, you just stopped being the floor.
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    • Downtown_Row_5809 NTJ. The 'it was just a joke' line is the universal calling card of someone who got caught being a snake. He played high stakes game and lost.
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    • cassievoid NTJ. He was crossing every line using your past to embarrass you, gossiping, and one-upping nonstop. Calling him out in front of the team wasn't cruel, it was setting a boundary. Sometimes family needs a reality check, especially when they act toxic at work.
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    • Legitimate_Fact_609 the fact that he's running to his mom bc his big corporate persona got cracked by a single sentence of truth says everything you need to know.
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    • Dry Needleworker 10 he's mad bc u broke the cool cousin seal and showed the team his actual stats. don't apologize for facts.
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    • InternationalAct593 lol the fact that he's texting u about humiliation instead of saying that he's sorry. he's not sorry he did it, he's sorry it didn't work.
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    • DuckAxe0 NTJ He is extremely dangerous to your career.
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