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Work conundrum

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chatenoire · 21/09/2023 17:29

So I'm quite happy at my company and my manager is ok to pretty good for the most part.

There's two of us with the same role but with very different responsibilities. Now this has happened organically and my colleague is very pushy of "how different" our roles are.

I like how different my role is BTW, I get to do a bit of everything and get exposed to different departments.

The things that I don't like about my role are the things that my colleague thrives at (like taking notes...) However, I'm still in charge of MUCH bigger accounts and nothing has ever gone south (like her accounts have).

She does mention ALL the time about how she's busy with our core responsibilities and I'm not.

Our manager is VERY aware of how different our roles are and she's always saying to be cautious about not offering to help too much as she worries about my bandwidth.

Would you ignore it? Or talk to your manager about it?

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Gazelda · 21/09/2023 17:38

I'm not certain what you're asking? Is it that your colleague keeps saying how busy she is and you feel under pressure to take some of the tasks off her? In which case, agree to it if you have time, but don't if you haven't got time. I don't think there's any need to speak with your manager about it unless its daily (or more) whinging and passive aggressiveness.

Apologies if I've misunderstood the situation.

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chatenoire · 21/09/2023 18:48

No I don't want to help her! I have enough on my plate. I find it annoying that she thinks I'm slacking, when I'm not. I won't finish work til 730 for example, and I know she finishes work at 5.v

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Gazelda · 21/09/2023 19:11

Well then you can either

  1. ignore her
  2. Tell her that you would like to help but have more than enough of your own work. Ask her to speak with manager if she thinks the spread of workload is unfair.
  3. Talk with your manager and ask them to have a word about the constant complaints. Colleague will doubtless deny it.

I'd strongly recommend 1 or 2.

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chatenoire · 21/09/2023 20:37

Gazelda · 21/09/2023 19:11

Well then you can either

  1. ignore her
  2. Tell her that you would like to help but have more than enough of your own work. Ask her to speak with manager if she thinks the spread of workload is unfair.
  3. Talk with your manager and ask them to have a word about the constant complaints. Colleague will doubtless deny it.

I'd strongly recommend 1 or 2.

I've been ignoring her for the past year. I think there's a level of jealousy too as I do hang out with the 'big wigs" much more than she does

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