how would you deal with a saboteur at work?

i was hired into a new job. next year i'm transitioning into a managing position. the fellow who is currently in that role is supposed to be training me. we were friends, he actually helped get me hired. now that i'm here, i get the feeling that he's doing some underhanded sabotaging. he leaves me off important emails, he doesn't let me know about meetings until the last minute. i asked to meet with him to go over job details, when i first moved to town and he kept blowing me off for weeks before we finally met.

what do you do in that situation? the funny thing is i don't even care for the position, but it's not something i can't really get out of.

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YoMomma ·

So how did it go? Are you manager now and what job does he have? Maybe he resented you taking his job? Are you still friends or no longer?

blindbob · 41-45

@YoMomma I was in that role for a few years and moved on. A few other people had the role and now he's back in the role. He definitely resented me having the job. i brought a lot of fresh ideas and made many positive impacts. He is slowly trying to undo those changes. But many of them are too good to roll back.