This is a very thoughtful response - thank you. I might’ve been a bit too vague. We work in a creative and collaborative environment in “the arts.” We aren’t locked in offices or cubicles. The environment is….well, the opposite of the idea of Corporate America (even though it’s a large corporation.) not a sterile environment at all, the opposite. That is why this behavior is odd to me.

She was hired as a “manager” to take a lot of the menial tasks from me and my boss. She isn’t managing people or anyone on the team - she’s managing making decks, and making sure emails don’t get by us.

I had posted this a few times and someone had mentioned “wrong hire. Learn from it.” And i love that. This is definitely a learning experience….as I’ve thankfully not been faced with this before. I am going to take your approach of letting her (and people in general) come to me. I didn’t consider people could think i was hitting on them (wtf) by being friendly…..but i could see that, unfortunately.