Coworker Stealing My Ideas: What Should I Do?

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Hi.

The best way to handle this is to document your ideas through emails.

Also, a discussion with your manager's manager to share your ideas will give the message that you mean business.

Ans: You can have an open discussion with them or ignore them. If the negative attitude continues then plan escalate to your manager

Ans: Dear Anonymous,
Was this a sudden change or has it been like this since you joined the company?
Do others who report to the same manager feel the same like you do? If not, you may start looking at what gap exists in what you do and perceive and fix that. Also, it would be mature to actually have a one-on-one meeting the manager and take an honest feedback on your work. That will give you an idea on what your performance level has been. Have you been meetings targets, deadlines and living up to the expectations the company has of you when you were hired?
You need to understand that the manager is also answerable to someone, right? Request for that one-on-one and be open-minded and LISTEN. That meeting will not be to defend your actions but to actually listen and it will give you a good indicator as to whether things seems unreasonable or if there is a lack that you must fill.

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