How to deal with corporate drama
Hi.
I'm 20s F and recently my organization hired a new manager (that I report to) 50s F.
Oh man, this woman is out to get me and I don't know how to distance myself enough. She takes credit for my work, lies like her life depends upon it and creates drama wherever she goes.
To you, she's going to talk shit about me. To me, she's going to talk shit about you. I can't trust her because everything she says is exaggerated or completely different.
I tried catching her on her lie, she blatantly denied and went like 'omg, I would never do thattt'... When in reality she did.
She thrives off of male attention which I don't really care for, like she can do whatever she wants but I don't know why she feels the need to drag me in the conversation with the random men she talks with. I have another colleague M 34 who she is totally okay with, no drama, doesn't badmouth him, always nice and kind to him but the complete opposite to me.
I'm reserved overall and it's really annoying that no matter how much I try to protect myself, she somehow keeps inserting herself.
And important point: not to toot my own horn, but I've been very kind and open to her because women in corporate need to stick together. But at this point, I'm done.
I really need some older brother/sister advice. How do I manage this? Is there any way to manage this?