RE: How to deal with passive aggressive personalities

A good place to look for similar situations and an answer from an HR professional plus a whole ton of ideas from what's called the commentariat, the commenters, is Ask a Manager. I did a search with 'negative personality' and got several promising results.

You mentioned that there are people who complain but won't put in any time learning outside of paid hours. It sounds like you might be at a government agency which likely complicates things. Is the ability to move up the hierarchy restricted by their refusal to do after-hours learning? If it is, tell them.?ÿ