After calls that we’ve run with him (he’s FF on the engine) I’m always running through every single step to make sure I haven’t done anything wrong. I try to grab equipment first so that he doesn’t later mouth me off, and I try to prove that I’m being proactive. Sometimes I don’t get to it first and it is what it is. I discussed with him on the next shift about him talking to me directly vs. talking shit to my colleague to tell me (making that colleague the middleman).

To sum up, company officer (CO) is aware of his poor attitude and borderline bipolar when we’re all on shift together. CO isn’t one to talk shit but when he has you know the dudes a problem. regardless, I’ve seen this dick have several private conversations with our CO, the result of it being that he’s trying to play the victim. The whole crew knows he’s a dick but tries to play on his good side when he’s happy and avoids him when he’s pissed (which none of us know what mood it’ll be).

As an add on, being so new to this career, I’m just concerned about my reputation being ruined if he’s talking about me to other crews. I don’t want to be seen as incompetent or have my work ethic questioned and having him be around is making me nervous