03-14-2012, 11:56 PM
So I have been interning at this salon for about 2 months as I am still in school. This is a great salon so I'm very excited about the opportunity. The negative coworker and I happen to both speak Chinese, though she doesn't understand that I am not fluent. The salon has mostly Japanese techs. She is a part time employee and I have worked with maybe 4 times, tops, and EVERY time I come she is complaining to me. She has too many clients, she doesn't want to help her coworkers, she didn't get a lot of tips, the salon is working her too hard, etc. She is always complaining to me in Chinese, I have not heard one positive thing come out her mouth.
I am especially frustrated because she is clearly unhappy with her job. But I would kill to be in her place. She talks down to me about being a nail technician, that it's not worth my time and that I should do something more worthy later in life. It is even more frustrating that she started complaining to me on my first day! That is not an impression anyone should be giving new hires.
Should I tell one of my managers/the owner? Or let her get fired on her own?
I am especially frustrated because she is clearly unhappy with her job. But I would kill to be in her place. She talks down to me about being a nail technician, that it's not worth my time and that I should do something more worthy later in life. It is even more frustrating that she started complaining to me on my first day! That is not an impression anyone should be giving new hires.
Should I tell one of my managers/the owner? Or let her get fired on her own?