Coworkers stabbing you in the back?

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my mother gave up a job once because of a guy trying to make her look bad in the office. She was in a position where she was above him and had the authority to direct him in his duties and he would deleberately screw up or undermine her to make her look bad. My mom was in those positions where, if your workers screw up, it's your screw up. It got so bad that she decided to resign and the guy was given her position.

My mom is not the type of person to take sh** but it was her first time in her feild and she was niave on how to deal with that kind of behavior. Before that she had only worked in factories doing peice work and retail positions.

I think there should be some kind of college course offered on how to deal with office politics and such.