Awful Coworkers

[The Night Angel]

IF she's not doing her job, something should be done. Maybe you could talk to her first, but you have to tell someone.

This pretty much sums it up, I know you replied saying you are non confrontational, so I would say go to your boss. Another option is to ask a more confrontational person on the same shift to talk to her, but I don't believe in asking people to do something I wouldn't be comfortable doing mysef.

 

[Username Redacted]

For all of the people who're suggesting confronting the offending party prior to or instead of management I would appreciate it, in the event that you ever find yourself in a similar situation, if you could handle the situation as such and then report back here about how spectacularly it blew up in your face (i.e. nothing gets done, you get reprimanded, you get fired instead, etc.).

 

[Gigano]

Well, if management is competent, with an interest in how the people it's employed, work together, it'll already know. And if it is not competent, and has little interest in how the people it's employed work together, then reporting to it is at best futile, and will at worst lead to firing of the immediately identifiable voice of disharmony.

I for one would not report a coworker. It undermines the trust and cooperation necessary between me and my (other) colleagues, and it's a responsibility my boss, not I, is being paid to shoulder. Not to mention that, at some point, I'll make a mistake as well, and might wish to explain it myself rather than being told upon before I've had any chance to correct it and decide upon a strategy to avoid repeating it.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

Not to mention that, at some point, I'll make a mistake as well, and might wish to explain it myself rather than being told upon before I've had any chance to correct it and decide upon a strategy to avoid repeating it.

Not to sound argumentative, but how does a person not already know that showing up two hours late, and ditching in the middle of a shift is wrong?

 

[xmbts]

I work with a lecherous pig with no personal boundaries, I don't like people being within arms length of me when I can help it so him squeezing himself next to me for no reason when I'm trying to do my job really wears on my nerves.

Add to that all he does is stare at girls asses and flirt with everyone before getting angry when they aren't interested. On a certain level I feel bad because he's never going to find anyone, on the other hand I don't care because all he's looking for is a trophy he can have sex with.

Also, he never actually does anything correctly work wise and I always have to do his jobs later on to make sure they're done.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

I once got this very bad co-worker a few years ago. He always had insomnia, he pretended that the boss beat him up, and all he did when he got home was look at Ikea catalogs and watch sitcoms.

Good ol' Tyler.

I've worked with tons of old waiting-for-retirement pricks who think that they deserve respect for being older, even though they've done nothing to earn it besides be born first. Their lives have been wasted in pubs from their teens to their sixties, and they think they're owed respect for that.

 

[BoogieManFL]

As someone with a good work ethic, I can sympathize. It's even worse when it means more work for other people that have to pick up the slack.

Hmm, personally I think I would approach the manager and just say, hey, this person hasn't really been pulling their own weight.. Just thought I'd mention it because it's reducing the effectiveness of the team.

If your manager is a dick, or this person is one of those people who weasel out of things, perhaps consider an anonymous tip. Print something out so no one can recognize your writing and see what happens.

Truth be told sounds like your supervisor isn't doing their job all that well either. They should easily be aware that someone is routinely late and a slacker.