So to start off I work a fairly relaxed job. An environment I throughly enjoy with co-workers that also enjoy it. We are all decently trained to a degree that the supervisors are hardly involved in our work especially since we work in locations miles apart from the supervisors. I do not want to say what it is I do as it’s not the important part.
2 months ago there was a call for bringing people up as they needed more supervisors to handle the workload. I applied and was assured a spot as long as I can pass the test and interview. In those 2 months my work has hired a lot people as there was a major increase in work load. One of the people, let’s call him BS, who was hired in this 2 months was assigned “Supervisor over group E” which just means he was meant to handle paperwork that was created by a very specific group of people.
So here is where I need advice. BS walked into a location I was at and instantly called me a subordinate (which I am not his subordinate), asked me questions about my life, and genuinely seemed like a relaxed individual. After I left for the day I was contacted by one of my colleagues that BS tried to report me for “drug use” as one of the questions he asked me was if I had ever done drugs in the past (him and his little lacky were discussing partying at my location). My colleagues have assured me it’s because he sees me as a threat. One colleague told me that BS wouldn’t fit into our work culture as we have to be a team and his underhanded tactics are not team conducive. The colleague told me to hold off on making a report about BS until I had enough dirt on him to insure he was more of a hinderance to our work culture. Personally I don’t want to attack anyone. I agree that BS isn’t going to be good for our team, but I am not going to go out of my way to get dirt on him.
I am going to record every interaction between him and myself now in case he tries to twist my words for his benefit. I will also be acting supervisor during part of his shifts this week which means I’ll have to interact with him. Any other advice I should follow in this situation?