Got a new guy at the office. Joined us at the end of last year. Guy graduated from a local uni with a rather fine background.
Quite well off, dad was a senior civil servant and has many extended family members in high positions in both public and private sectors.
At first, I took an interest in him. He claimed to be an avid reader and a writer himself. He also liked to share his activities and his friends in high places.
Talents include finance, economics, business and politics. I immediately thought we struck gold with such a talent.
Over time however, it's become clear that he's an idiot. He's all talk but no real substance, and boy does he talk much. The moment people try to challenge his views or poke holes in his long-winded self-centered 'speeches', he would come up with just another batch of freshly ground crap or deflect with a new talking point altogether. Plus, he talks a lot but never really listens, and that goes for texting as well. I mute him nowadays because it got to a point that it's just spamming.
One of his favourite recurring themes is his family's generational wealth. He makes it clear every now and then that he stands to gain some hundreds of thousands that are currently locked up in assets that were left behind by his great great great great grandad. He claims to have been discreet about it but practically every soul who has met him knows about it down to the exact money sum that he's expecting to receive. And then, there's a business that he's affiliated with that he never fails to mention to the staff and management as a potential solutions provider to the company. At one point, I had to advise him to tamp it down lest he gets flagged by the company's integrity dept for any unlawful behaviour, and also, nobody shows any interest every time he brings it up so hello, maybe pick up the hint? We heard you the first dozen times, maybe take it as a no?
Worst of all is his poor performance at work. It's starting to raise eyebrows since he was selected from dozens of capable candidates. Especially since he always hypes himself up but delivers well below expectations. People are starting to talk and some even ask me to advise him on account of my supposed friendship with him. Well guess what, I tried and he came up with some bullshit to justify his underperformance. Told him that he should underpromise but overdeliver in order to be in the management's good books, and he replied that he'd rather disappoint people at a rate that they can absorb -- an absolutely incongruous response lifted straight from some toilet paper self-help business books.
What worries me is because I might have told him some things that could be damaging in the future. Thought I could trust him so I was mostly frank and open with my views, especially about the company. But now, I'm starting to worry that he might not be careful with them or even use them against me in the future since he obviously is too dumb to understand discretion and confidentiality.
All around, this is just a typical empty can type, entitled brat who has little, if there's any entitled to him in the first place. I'm fairly certain that it would end badly between him and the company one day, sooner rather than later. I just hope that I won't be dragged into the mess when that day comes.
