Dealing With Lazy Co-Workers Ruthless Compassion in the Workplace.

Dr. Sirota talks about how to cope with a co-worker who doesn't pull their weight.

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• co-workers
• lazy
• carreer
• project
• boss
• therapy
• ruthless compassion.

[silvertenzin]

stupid and a coward's advise. it's like if your husband is not working hard like you, you should ask yourself if this is the right relationship for you. it suggest stupidity...lol

[jimi001]

A fucking Dumb liberal answer..............tell the lazy cunt to pull his / her weight

[twinroselake]

My bosses always prefered us to talk to them to ask for guidance on how to handle a senario if we were unsure and don't want it to end in an office rumble. There are more ways to handle this. Was the other co-worker new/ ill/ over loaded? could the workload be redelegated? Will the workflow change in a week? whether you talk, non-confrontationally to the coworker to ask what is snowing them under or know the answer to that already goes off of their previous behaviour.

[UncleShroomb]

@bcoperat Well the owner of my workplace is never present during work hours. I'm one of two shift managers who run the show. I've been here 8 years; she's 10 years older and has worked here ~12 years. We often work opposite shifts due to our positions. The times I do work with her, I prepare food and stock and clean and make orders; but she's visiting or texting the entire shift. After a second 11 hour shift in a row of non-stop work tonight, I walked out quietly while we were closing in protest

[batreeka]

What, so instead of dealing with the problem, leave!? To me, that's taking the easy way out and a weak, spineless way of avoiding having to deal with the situation. All the while the organisation loses a good worker and gets stuck with a bad one.

[bcoperat]

I think that was very poor advise, myself being in a management position.

I would like to know why the boss hasn't noticed this employee slacking, that is

the bosses job, to manage the company and be sure all of the employees are working to the best of their abilities. If not skid the lazy worker

[kittensoxxy]

This is shitty advice.

[T33V33]

That's wtf managers are for: To monitor employees and their state of affairs in the workplace. If people have to come and complain constantly, then the manager needs to get off his/her ass and have a looksie. A lil less chair warming time.

[Truckerlectual]

As HenryKrinkle says, almost every organization has the complete strata of personalities, from the deadweight to the excellent

[Truckerlectual]

If this fails to yield results, the next step in the progression would be a confidential conversation with the boss, which would give the boss the opportunity to intervene. If that gets nowhere, perhaps there is room to structure her tasks in such a way as to insulate herself from the damage that the non-performing colleague might be causing, or maneuver away from that situation within the same organization..