What you should do if you suspect your coworker is trying to sabotage you

Keeping my head down and doing good work wasn’t enough. These are the steps I should have taken when my former co-worker tried to ruin my reputation.

The very first time I met my former coworker, my instincts told me something was off. She entered every meeting on a mission: Like an investigative journalist, she wanted to know every little detail of what everyone was working on. She asked a lot of questions, fished for confidential information, and had a reputation for doing little to no work.