> given you have a negative opinion of a coworker, all of the alternatives are worse I think the most honest alternative to to talk to the coworker; if that do

> given you have a negative opinion of a coworker, all of the alternatives are worse I think the most honest alternative to to talk to the coworker; if that doesn't help, tell them you're going to escalate; and only then escalate. Yes, there are people who will go to the boss right away, behind closed doors and preferably anonymously. But I don't want to be like that.