There’s no point in working against each other, it just makes things worse for everyone. Sorry that your co-leaders are playing that game, it usually doesn’t end well for anyone. I was lucky as a Backroom TL, I always had at least one and sometimes two co-leaders. We worked together to make the backroom run as smoothly as we possibly could, and did what we could to keep the team’s morale high. Since we all had strengths and weaknesses, we combined them to everyone’s advantage. One TL could translate, another couldn’t, one hated doing the schedule, another didn’t, one liked to write reviews, another preferred to deliver them. Each TL did what they were best at, and were supported in their challenges by the others. I think we all felt equal, like parts of a puzzle that were all different, but all necessary to for the puzzle to be complete. No one sabotaged anyone, since weakening any of us would only negatively impact the backroom process, making our jobs harder, and would reflect badly on us all. The system worked well for us for years, with the support of our ETLs, until we were saddled with a micromanaging ETL who destroyed it and drove us all out. Too bad, Spot’s loss. Good luck, I hope things improve for you.
