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How Do You Tell If A Coworker Is Sabotaging You?

How They Make- You The Problem Child

February 16, 2026 by Elaine B

“How do you tell if you’re genuinely ‘the problem colleague’ – or if someone is quietly turning you into workplace radioactive?”

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How Do You Tell If A Coworker Is Sabotaging You?

February 13, 2026 by Elaine B

When a coworker provokes you in public, then tells people you’re “defensive” or “hostile”, that’s not feedback. It’s a power play – the Character Flip – a piece of office politics designed to recast you as the problem so their own behaviour looks reasonable. 

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