Stressed because of a co-worker
By smints8985
@smints8985 (1594)
United States
November 20, 2008 8:01am CST
How do you deal with a co-worker who almost does nothing at the office and likes to ask people to do her work for her?
Aside from chatting or playing music she does other personal stuff that has nothing to do with her job.
Uses the company phone talking to her friends gossiping or discussing personal issues.
Uses office supplies and equipments for personal use like printing her child's project.
Of course the boss isn't around when she does these things.
What would you do if you have a co-worker like that?
I am very much bothered by this issue because it ruins the working environment.
But then I don't know what to do or how to deal with her.
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3 responses
@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
20 Nov 08
Well, I think I can really understand your situation. I used to have a colleague like that. Personally, we are friends, but I really don't like the way she works. She was considered the most senior in my department, but she didn't really do much work. Every time when I needed something from her, which was her responsibility, I was like begging her for it. Because of her, everyone else troubled themselves to do more work, in order not to ask her to do her own tasks. Doesn't it sound funny? Her temper is not good too, sometimes when you asked for the task, she would scold you for nothing. Yeah, she liked to spend time to do her personal stuffs too.
Luckily, she has quit the company last year, and I do not need to work with her anymore, though we are still friends. ^_^
As you said, we are a small team, I didn't want to report this to the boss. But there was once, she almost screwed up the whole project, and all the team members were really stressed because of her, and we just couldn't help but blasted out our feelings. And our boss just knew about it, and consulted us.
He told us, it's not wrong for us to tell him earlier, we are not talking bad about our colleagues. It's for the company. If our intention is good, then there's no harm for us to tell the boss, and the boss will have to do something about it. We can't let everyone else suffers and the company getting poor just because one person, right?
Good luck to you! ^_^
@smints8985 (1594)
• United States
20 Nov 08
I so feel that we share the same situation... the difference is that I am senior to her, though we're not on the same department I am extremely affected by her acts. She even asks the person from my department to do things for her when in fact her work load in the office is quite manageable. She even has the time to play games on her computer even if she knows she's got things to do for the day... It gets quite annoying actually. I just don't want it to look like I'm telling on the boss but I am very much concerned with the company because I witness how the people perform when the boss isn't around..
@smints8985 (1594)
• United States
20 Nov 08
The thing is we are a small company, by small I mean 7 employees.
And I have nothing against her personally, we're friends.. the thing is that I am seriously bothered these past few days because she is going overboard.
I'm just really having issues with her regarding her working ethics.
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@sudalunts (5523)
• United States
20 Nov 08
I think there is that type of person in every office setting. Why don't you talk to her, and let her know that she seems to have so much extra time for the telephone, and chatting, and why does she need to ask people to do her work for her. Let her know that they have their own work to do too.
Usually the boss is aware of employees like this, even though they do not say anything to them.
I was faced with the same situation, co worker talking on the phone loud enough that everyone can hear, so you know the boss could hear it too, but she was really friendly with the boss, so she was able to get away with a lot of things.
