Jacobb,
Somehow, some way this woman perceives you as a threat, either to her or to someone within her inner circle or you are not sufficiently stroking her ego or some combination of all the above.
I have had a few people in my work life through the years (I am now 55 years old) who were the worms in my gourd (like Jonah experienced). I guess I could also compare them to Paul's thorn in the flesh....
Resigning my position was my way out of the first and second introductions to this phenomena, that is putting it rather mildly, I went out in a blaze of (self) glory, slashing and burning and letting all involved know how I felt about them. It was not as if I was a mediocre employee, in both of those jobs the folks I worked with directly respected my work ethics and the result of my efforts were easily measurable the one thing I could not and I guess I still can't do is play office politics, kiss up or bend over for anyone, I got angry, let them know it and bid farewell.
Fast forward to the present, I earn decent, actually more than decent money at a job I am content with (all things considered) and thankful to have, but many times through the years I was ready to pull the trigger on one of my famous emotional outbursts and leave. I started with this company as a construction supervisor and made some cost effective as well as quality improvements that earned me the praise of the division president as he kept increasing my responsibilities. Soon I was also overseeing quality control, warranty and even the company safety program.
The division president was consistently singing my praises and giving me raises!
That did not sit well with the "heir apparent" who had moved (as did the president) from the corporate office across the country to learn the ropes of opening and cultivating a new market as the CEO of our company was aggressively committed to expanding our company into new areas. It was the unspoken conventional wisdom that he would be next in line for assuming the role of president at some point, either here or in another market.
His background was in design, purchasing and estimating while mine was in the nuts and bolts of putting it together and keeping it together, we would butt heads from time to time but being the consummate politician he did his best work in undercutting me behind closed doors, condescendingly giving me praise as a task performer but expounding on my lack of vision in regard to evaluating the competitors product and incorporating new designs to keep us fresh and cutting edge.
Actually he was right, I was too busy attempting to make the current stuff work!
This was tough to handle for me the first few years but for the most part I was content just to keep my distance doing my job with a group of guys and gals that were great to work with, every now and then though I would tweak his comfort zone a bit but never crossing the line into open warfare.
The real peace I found was when I "stumbled" onto Bible Truths and began to really understand what this temporary existence is all about. It isn't to find total fulfillment here in this world, it is to overcome this world. My "adversary" was put exactly where God wanted him to be and for me to bear it peacefully and honorably. As I realized this more and more I found this power trip and all the political gamesmanship that accompanies it bothered me less and less, don't get me wrong, it did not transform into a blissful "lived happily evermore" existence but I was better able to persevere.
To make a long story less long, the president of our division was transferred to open a new market and guess who the new division president is?
My adversary.
We have a mutual professional respect, he gets the position he has lusted for and I have a good paying job that may not be a perfect fulfillment but it keeps my family fed, a roof over our heads as I wait for that glorious day that our Lord returns to establish His Kingdom!
Persevere Brother!
This is a trial God deems necessary to form you into His Son.
Peace in your tribulation,
Joe
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