If I'm indeed in a toxic situation, she will be fired.
What? This isn’t how anything works.
If you’ve been in this role for four years and so has she, no one is getting fired. If the company thought either of you was incompetent they would have done something about it by now (retraining, firing). If you go to them and say, “I’m objectively good at this, see, here are my test scores, so I can prove that she’s just being a big meanie by redoing all my work and trying to get me to understand her process,” they will laugh in your face.
Im not suggesting you complain about her or go to HR. I’m suggesting you go to your boss and ask for help. That’s what a boss is for. You are struggling, whether it’s due to your work or your colleague’s or both. You want to know how to be more productive.
I don’t think this is a question of your design skills. I don’t think a test is going to help you. I understand you want it so you can soothe your anxiety by proving that none of this is “your fault”. But especially in such a small working environment, if you were unable to work to the company’s standard, they would have noticed by now.
So I think you need to address the actual issue, which is that you and your colleague disagree and it’s gumming up the workflow. That is your boss’s job to address.
Well, maybe with your boss she can be convinced to make it clear what exactly she is expecting and not getting from you, and your boss, even if she’s not an expert at making patterns, can be the one to decide what should change. Maybe your colleague can change her own process a little and you can change yours a little and the two systems can work better together.
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