How to Get Your Employee to Stop Condescending to You

Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and management issues—everything from how to deal with a micromanaging boss to how to talk to someone on your team about body odor.

A reader asks: I hired a promising junior employee who seemed polite and reasonable during his interview. However, now that he is my employee, he constantly condescends to me and says things that come across in a belittling way. Here are some examples:

Me: "Bob, I was going to train you on how to do X today."
Bob, with a dismissive laugh: "Yeah, I was wondering when you were going to get to that."

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