u/Original-Software-47

I need advice on how to deal with a coworker.
Im new at this company and am very eager to learn as much as I can from the worker there.
At the end of the month, it’s all hands on deck. This specific coworker is a manager for a different department but he gets paid hourly. He keeps making comments about how salary folks have the privilege to work from home ( I have to work on the production floor as an engineer so I’m confused on that comment), how he has to come in early, how it’s always hot in his department. I went there to drop off some components one time and he was fussing about me wearing a jacket saying that he was offended that I came back there with it on.

I don’t know what kind of drama there is between people there and I say this because he flipped off my manager one time on my first day while I was getting shown around.

I don’t know if this is how he warms up to people or if he just likes to bitch at people not in his area. I want to talk to my manager about because I have a family to feed and I need to get work done without have to deal with this behavior. I’ve had conversations with him about products and information on history of things in the company and he’s a decent person, but I don’t want this to be an ongoing thing. It’s like he’s trying to make me feel guilty for having my position.

Has anyone used the XEM-DP16H2 cpu from AutomationDirect by chance?

I’m using it to write a simple logic and am curious if anyone else has used it.

I am a relatively new hire at this company (~1 year).
To learn as much as I can, I don’t respond with “oh I know that” behavior or similar phrases when at work.
I’ve noticed that it’s back firing on me because the managers will talk to me like I’m fresh out of college/or like I’m new in the work industry.

I hate it because if I correct them, it might be perceived as a “they’re a know it all”. I’ve thought about adding in additional information to conversations in the past.

I also noticed that when we have meetings, they’re not productive. They go through the same stuff that they talked about last a few days before and it seems like not much progress is being made.

I don’t talk much at work because I’m an introvert for one. For two, I’d rather be on the floor working on projects rather than talking about what could be wrong.

I would want to talk a little bit more and give more technical feedback, but other times, the motivation is not all there.

What kind of advice would a manager give to someone dealing with this?