Busy at work or "seem" busy?

Hi Eichs1, I'm talking about smart (but lazy) employee. Not talking about boss though. They are those colleagues that know how to volunteer for special projects, eg chair certain committee, then claim that they have no time to do routine work, so push all the work to colleagues to do. When they chair the whatever committee, they also do not do anywork, push all to committee members to do. When the project ends, they won't take back all the former workload. That's how they end up "seemingly" busy but in fact do nothing. They kill time surfing net, tell tales to boss, report all the mistakes that colleagues commit. Being in the HR field, I get to watch all these dramas first hand. Get to see the performance reviews and to hear the complaints from their long-suffering colleagues.

Oh, there are lots of such kind in an office. I only wonder why others let themselves be pushed by these lazy-"smart" colleagues. I know someone who did volunteer to head a project and left lots of his work to a friend. I strongly advised my friend not to accept the additional load, not only that he has lots in his hands but simply because it is not proper (actually, because I know that my friend's work mate is not a good team player). I do understand that we have to be helping from time to time but if another project will interfere with our normal work load, then upper management should be doing the work adjustment and not by these eager, opportunistic volunteers. I also think an annual evaluation is too long (and just imagine if there is no co-worker to co-worker evaluation - oops, I can't think of the term) to get back and correct a situation. If I can't bring sense to a colleague who is disrupting an effective and efficient working environment, then I will meet him/her in our superior's office.

Your colleague might not be a match for these kind of "smart" jerks. If she turns down the boss, then this jerk will go and complain to her boss about how lazy she is, and how uncooperative. So in the end, the extra workload still comes to her.

Hi besthope44, those people are really good actors. The worst is that many of them have so much time to spot the mistakes of colleagues, and to report to bosses all the small mistakes. They are good at backstabbing, and talk as if everyone is bad, and they are the only good performers in the company.

haha, that's why you can boss over others. I do notice that those who seem busy at work are promoted much faster than those who worked very, very hard. Those who always seem busy, and go around telling others how busy they are, do fly up the corporate ladder. Pity those who work so hard but keep so quiet that nobody realize their existence. Enjoy idling your time away surfing mylot and gets promotion every year!