Colleagues with issues!!

@mrsl2008 (634)
March 29, 2009 5:24pm CST
I currenlty work with a shift if approximately 16 people, 2 line supervisors & 1 boss. We usually run at 8 or 10 bodies out of the 16. Generally everyone gets along although there are certain people who are lazy & expect everyone else to carry them. For example: I work with this one guy, who is a nice guy & could be really good at his job but is very selfish & will be give a task at 7am & by 3pm in the afternoon he still hasn't done it, and not much else either, just sat in the break room. Another guy I work with has personal hygenie issues but no one knows how to approach him about it & he is an awful driver. He drives at 10 miles under the speed limit & hits at least 1 kerb a day!! It is weird because I do like these people & everyone else I work with but get annoyed at their laziness etc. Do you or have you worked with people who you have really disliked?? Or had issue with an aspect about them?? If so what?? Mrsl x x
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@mikeley (318)
29 Mar 09
I work at a place that has 60 people in it and it mostly smooth sailing apart from there are individuals that are far from liked by all. There one guy Who loves to just annoy people for the hell of it. Normally just office banter but sometimes he goes to far like the time he was constantly picking on one person and then started to get personal which i found so wrong. I myself just wanna go into work and get the job done without the hassle of idiots like that dont you agree?
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@mrsl2008 (634)
29 Mar 09
I do agree about getting it done without the hassle of idiots!!! We do have one guy who does like to pick on the guys who haven't been there that long because they haven't the experience he has!! That annoys me because sometimes those guys actually do a better job than him!! I am becoming a believer in what goes around comes around, so hopefully the guy your talking about will become unstuck sooner or later Thanks Mrsl x x
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@jamie08 (430)
• United States
30 Mar 09
i work with this person who is obsessed with cats, this person even takes there cat regulary to therapy and does eevrything for the cats. Also this person withh sit here and be super nice to you to your face but will talk bad about you to the rest of the office.
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@jamie08 (430)
• United States
2 Apr 09
thanks ! have fun with the smelly guy.. if i worked with someone there i would tell them straight to their face but that is just how i am so.
@mrsl2008 (634)
31 Mar 09
The cat thing wouldn't bother me but being 2 faced does. I am quite lucky that my shift is fairly open and most issues are raised quickly, no talking behind backs etc. We tell the lazy guy everyday about his laziness and he doesn't care!! The only thing people are a little weird about discussing is personal grooming etc hence why no one wants to tell the smelly guy he smells!! Thanks for the response & just be careful of people who are 2 faced x Enjoy Mrsl x x
@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
29 Mar 09
I was once told that 80% of work related stress comes from co-workers annoying habits. All right that being said, the guy who smells bad, just tell him. In a nice calm level voice, look dude, you smell bad, please buy a better deodorant, don't know how to help about the driving. But I have worked with smelly people that is what I say, and they either, get mad, which means they are too lazy to shower, or cite some condition they have that prevents them from smelling clean. I would bring the lazy guy to the attention of the bosses boss. I do not very much like working with people lazier then I am, and if I can't encourage them to work harder, or work at all, I tell my boss, if he does nothing, I will tell his boss. Every body has issues, and when we work together, we should all be constantly trying to better ourselves and those we work with, keep at it, and before too you long you will have the best team in your company. Have fun.
@mrsl2008 (634)
30 Mar 09
It appears one of the office girls has told him & he was a little taken aback!! We'll have to see if he does anything about it. The lazy guy is being monitored but nothing seems to get said to him but where I work, If you work hard & get the job done, they just give you even more. It's like we get punished for working hard & the lazy get to sit on their backsides!! Thanks Mrsl x x
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@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
30 Mar 09
I am sure come review time. You will get the raise and the bonus, and they will stay at the same wage. And not get promoted though. Or at least I hope that is the way it would work.