India, July 23 -- A corporate leader's post about managing an older and experienced employee who resists instructions, spreads negativity and undermines leadership has surfaced on Reddit. The newly hired director listed what they're facing while trying to correct the behaviour of the long-standing manager.

"I just cleared 90 days in my current role as a director, I have a direct report manager that is honestly a difficult employee to manage. I recently found out this employee was part of the reason my predecessor left," the director wrote.

The individual claimed that the manager has a problem with the younger director and also spoke about the employee's poor work quality.

"This manager is cancerous to our department with his combative ...