@Anonymous Ugh. That’s my concern. He doesn‘t have a good educational background at all and I don’t think he’s smart but he seems like the kind of person who uses every opportunity to squeeze information out of others and use it to his advantage. I wouldn’t have hired him. But what can I do. The decision was made and I have to live with it.

@Anonymous you seem insecure in sharing your knowledge and expertise....If you have a leadership role, you are expected to train and orient new hires. It will only serve to your advantage to groom him to the department's needs and bring him up to date with issues and concerns. You can work this to your advantage by telling your manager about the efforts that you are putting into this orientation.

@Anonomoose He doesn’t report to me but I am in charge of training him together with our boss (from HQ). So I reserved 30 minutes per week during which I will answer his questions. I think that’s reasonable but won’t spend more time on him.

@Anonymous I understand you're annoyed but I wouldn't say you're reasonable. Thirty minutes *per week* to train a new colleague? What profession? It might help you to lose some of that negative attitude towards him (you posted about this before, right?)

@ Anonymous It’s really annoying though. He needs to focus on the basics first and foremost. He never responds to an email. I see a terrible future with this person. How can I reign him in?