Jeremy didn’t seem so open about the situation that he had with his team, and I wasn’t willing to let it slide by taking his words at face value.
“To be honest, working with Richard is much harder than I first thought…” I confessed while thinking that telling him about my situation first might be the right way to get him to open up to me more.
“Really? I’ve worked with him before but not that closely. He’s famous for being like that but I didn’t think that it would be that bad,” Jeremy said as his brows drew together in a look of concern.
“Yeah. Oh, but don’t worry about me too much, I’m working hard and I’m managing to hang in there somehow,” I said as I tried to reassure him.
The doubtful look that he gave me told me that my words didn’t quite sound credible. For a moment, I wondered if it was a mistake to bring this up. Maybe I was causing my dear colleague more worry even though I wanted to hear more about the problems that he was facing.
