How To Deal With A Coworker With An Attitude
Ask everyone speak in plain language
This coworker may have a tendency to adorn her instructions and explanations with negative language like “stupid” or “incompetent” or “wasting everyone’s time” or “Like I said before.” Saying that time is of the essence is a good way to force a negative coworker to cut out these useless, negative statements. Tell everyone in the meeting that you’re all in a hurry and only essential information (aka not rude statements) needs to be communicated.