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If your job duties are expected to have any overlap at all, I think it's reasonable and uncontroversial to veto the hiring of someone you know you aren't going

If your job duties are expected to have any overlap at all, I think it's reasonable and uncontroversial to veto the hiring of someone you know you aren't going to be able to work with productively. So that's a starting point. But if there's no expected overlap in duties and you just don't like the idea of her being in the same office, it seems to me that that's not really a professional issue anymore. It's a personal problem. (There's nothing wrong with having personal problems, everyone's got some.) It is a little unethical to negatively impact someone's career due to a personal problem you have with them, I'd say. But if changing your feelings isn't an option, it's hard to see that you have a choice other than telling your employer about your problem and suggesting a no-hire.

MattyRad 12y ago
Reasonable answer. Everyone's job seems to overlap a little at such a small company, but for the most part no, they don't overlap.... I think I've resolved to simply wait until my coworkers ask me about working with her (should happen at some point if things happen to go well for her), then be honest and say how we don't get along, how it would be a negative influence for me.
floppydisk 12y ago
I'm going to push back on this otherwise excellent answer a little bit and raise the issue of company culture. While personal issues shouldn't--in the ideal sense--impact the workplace, knowingly bringing them into the fold could negatively impact the company as a whole. Be it frosty relations between two employees causing others to take sides and create division where none existed previously or direct confrontations that interrupt all other parties. All hires bear risk that they won't fit it in or they'll have a hard time adapting to company culture. Knowingly bringing in someone with strong personal issues with another employee should require a higher level of scrutiny to ensure the issues won't result in a toxic workplace or destroy internal culture.

MattyRad 12y ago

Reasonable answer. Everyone's job seems to overlap a little at such a small company, but for the most part no, they don't overlap.... I think I've resolved to simply wait until my coworkers ask me about working with her (should happen at some point if things happen to go well for her), then be honest and say how we don't get along, how it would be a negative influence for me.

floppydisk 12y ago

I'm going to push back on this otherwise excellent answer a little bit and raise the issue of company culture. While personal issues shouldn't--in the ideal sense--impact the workplace, knowingly bringing them into the fold could negatively impact the company as a whole. Be it frosty relations between two employees causing others to take sides and create division where none existed previously or direct confrontations that interrupt all other parties. All hires bear risk that they won't fit it in or they'll have a hard time adapting to company culture. Knowingly bringing in someone with strong personal issues with another employee should require a higher level of scrutiny to ensure the issues won't result in a toxic workplace or destroy internal culture.