You are not quite at mid-management level but have earned seniority status in your team. Your quandary is an opportunity for you to show you have leadership skills. You just need to switch your negativity and start taking this junior under your wing. With the right help and guidance from you, she could really improve at her job. Your boss may be sitting back deliberately in order to discover if you are management material.

Bosses are always on the alert for colleagues with natural leadership ability. The strongest signal that someone has instinctive managerial qualities is when that person takes time away from their responsibilities to nurture and inspire less experienced colleagues. Your current attitude towards your junior colleague suggests that you are a one-woman band rather than a team player. And that could eliminate you from your boss’s future promotion planning.

The Honest Boss: “I’m sick of having to cover for my incompetent colleague”