i think cathy is?

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MY QUESTION AFTER YOU READ: Do you think Cathy is jealous of my relationship with Mark even though when I worked for him he tried to make me quit.I spoke to Cathy on the telephone.Every time I talk to her she puts Mark down and the people that Mark hired to work for him.She says that Mark is a jerk and stupid and the people that worked for him (excluding me) is stupid. When I worked for Mark he tried to make my life miserable, (I figured it out and so did my mom that it was only because he missed Stephanie ((his secretary before me)). He wanted me to quit so she could come back. (YOU see I suggested that he ask Stephanie to come back and he loved that idea) But I pushed him to get me placed somewhere else in my company. He set up interviews in departments I wanted to explore and then when I chose a particular department he made sure I was placed there. Also on my last day working for him I told him if he created a position that needs computer work only that he should hire me and he said "Definitely". (YOU see I am a wiz on the computer). And when he comes to the department I am working in he always makes sure to seek me out and say hello. Also now he got promoted to a very high position in our company. I even made a card (congratulating him on his promotion) on the computer, and mailed it to his house. Yesterday he came for a meeting and seeked me out again. MY MOM says: that if Mark really hated me and my work he would have either found a valid reason for firing me or continued to make my life miserable and if I was the type to quit I would have. But Mark really likes you but just wanted his secretary back.. Also about a month ago when I spoke to Cathy on the telephone: Cathy told me that when Tom Stevens comes to my department I should not talk to him until he approaches me because my coworkers would get upset. That is stupid. I know Tom since 1997. You see Tom is my bosses boss and Tom came to my department last week and he was happy

I just want to add what else Cathy said: (1) that she thinks I should not stay in the department I am in for the last year because I am not benefiting from it

I like my job and I like my coworkers. Cathy told me when people ask her what company she works for she is too embarrassed to tell them.

and the other thing Cathy said to me that the only reason Mark got me into another department at a position I am overqualified for is that he would hope I would quit from there.

Cathy never worked for Mark. Don (Cathy's boss works) for Mark

Answer 1

Cathy is one of those people who do a good job so you overlook the fact that she is a nut. A good secretary often knows her boss enough to do things she knows he needs without him having to ask and she may have been good at that but still not a good person. what you interpreted as him trying to make your life miserable may just be that you hadn't worked for him long enough to be able to be able to anticipate his needs as well as Stephanie had been able to do just because she had worked for him for so long. The fact that he is the boss of your boss shows he must like your work or he wouldn't have gotten that job for you or allowed you to get that job.
If he is not married, she may be trying to become his wife as well as secretary, if she is his new secretary, and sees you as competition in that.
Just keep doing the best job you can and he may end up setting up that computer position for you in time as he rises in the company. You don't say who Cathy is but if she is his new secretary, she may be experiencing the same problems that you were in the job and when she complains about Mark, just ask her why she doesn't quit? Good luck to you!!