I asked my manager if she could make it so that my coworker and I are both able to speak in meetings, and now my coworker is being cold towards me?

[Anonymous]

I have a very dominating and talkative coworker, who completely takes over every single meeting. I can barely talk, and when I do, my coworker will often interrupt me. I started to get frustrated at my boss not doing anything about it, so I decided to speak with her (my boss) directly. I explicitly stated that I would like to have equal speaking time to my coworker. I said that I would like it if both of us could lead meetings, vs my coworker just talking the entire time.

Ever since then, my coworker has been extremely cold towards me and it's uncomfortable. Did I make a mistake?

[Danny_dan92]

You shouldn’t have threw your co worker in a question that should have only been about you since you asked it.


You should’ve talked to your co worker if they felt the same way. Before getting them involved