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AIBU?

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To think this is very odd behaviour for a new (barely) relationship?

34 replies

Chickenwithrice · 04/09/2017 11:58

It's not my relationship, but it's effecting my work.
I have a manager that I work with, plus one co worker at the same level as me. We all work together, generally it is 2 days with me and co worker alone, 1 day with all 3 of us in, then 2 days with me and manager alone and same vice versa. So we all get fair days off and working hours. On my days off, they (manager and co worker) work together without me there.

Co workers performance has never been great if I'm honest. He will argue with our customers (which actually shocks me tbh, some customers are arseholes but you don't stand there and tell them they are wrong for not liking your service!) but it's mostly been ok and as it's hard for manager to fire people co worker has been kept on.

Just over a fortnight ago my coworker came in and was a bit distracted and all over the place but not too bad. He told me he'd met someone, great. They'd met at a wedding and had got on like a house on fire... props to him.

But he was sad as it probably wasn't viable due to the distance between them (3+ hours drive) but he was already considering putting in for a work transfer or leaving the company to find a new job... I was probably happier than I should've been about this since I don't enjoy working with him but, hey ho.

A few days later he popped around to mine to drop off some work related things I'd forgotten to bring home.

I thanked him and we chatted again. He told me this lady has a child, 5yrs old and he was very excited to meet them. I was a bit :/ about it because they (him and this woman) hadn't actually met since the first time they'd met and had only been talking online. Someone who allows their child to meet someone so soon is a red flag IMHO, but he was talking like he was going to do so soon....

A few days later again, bringing us to a couple days ago, he came into work and was really horrendously shit. So shit in fact that, on the day when it was just him and myself in I actually called in the manager who took over and sent him home. It was bad, really bad.

This was 2 days ago. Co worker has since had yesterday off, today off and will be taking tomorrow off too to "sort his head out" because of these "girl issues", they are "taking a break" and he'd rather not talk about it... which leaves me and manager going in when we are not supposed to be in together in order to plug the hole, or on one day 1 man down on the busiest day of the week (the day normally all three of us are in)

I could've refused but I would've only had to have cleaned up the mess my manager would've made trying to do the job of 2/3 on his own... in fairness I get good overtime rates for this but I'm still pissed off.
Now I don't much care who he's with or how well it's going. It is simply not my concern. What is my concern is how it's effecting my work.

He was also saying to people he was going to be a "father" (because she has a child) personally I think he's come on way too strong, freaked the poor lass out and she's run a mile tbh I can see why
I overheard this when he was talking to someone else at work about it :S

I also don't think it's reasonable at all to just skip out on work and leave a team of two to pick up the pieces. I would sympathise if he'd been married for 10 plus years but he's not even known the girl a month and as far as I can tell they've not met again since the first time! :S

My manager is trying to give him the boot but it's difficult.

Co worker has worked at lots of other business sites (there are 12 he has worked in 9) before and manager has tried to put him up for a transfer but those who need staff won't touch him as they've had him before and don't want him back Shock

Aibu to be fucked off, pissed off and really quite shocked that my co worker is behaving like this over a lady he's known not even a month and met once?

OP posts:
eddielizzard · 04/09/2017 14:29

well i think your manager needs to toughen up and give him warnings / whatever the next friggin step in the process is asap. this man is making everyone miserable.

TheVanguardSix · 04/09/2017 14:33

Borderline Personality Disorder.

He ticks all the boxes.

AlternativeTentacle · 04/09/2017 14:34

I DONT KNOW HOW LONG HE HAS WORKED FOR THE ORGANIZATION

Thank you. If he has been there less than 2 years your manager can get rid of him with no reason. With all the issues you have posted, your manager could use any of those to get rid. 8 steps or not.

TheDodgyEnd · 04/09/2017 14:55

YANBU to be pissed off - I'd be raging too. He's not fit for the job so your manager needs to get the dismissal process underway ASAP.
Maybe he just (unjustifiably) fancies himself as the next Gordon Ramsey??? He sounds deluded enough.

youhavetobekidding · 04/09/2017 15:05

I think YABU for posting so much detail - could compromise privacy

MadeForThis · 04/09/2017 15:14

There are usually two ways of performance managing someone. Conduct or capability.

He 6 steps sounds like capability where someone is given help and a chance to improve.

Conduct is different. If he is breaking company policies - rude to customers, failing to attend work. He could be managed under the conduct process. This can be quicker. Gross misconduct can be immediate dismissal.

Your manager should be aware of the process.

justilou · 06/09/2017 12:02

You work with Gordon Ramsay?

toomuchtooold · 06/09/2017 16:17

TheVanguard Yes it made me think borderline or complex PTSD. It's the inability to take criticism coupled with the desire to jump feet first into a relationship after 5 minutes.

lelapaletute · 06/09/2017 16:50

Aaah, he's a chef. You should have said. Chefs can be such headcases! I used to be a kitchen porter and worked with a bloke just like this - he's not called Kevin is he??? (Or indeed Lee? That was another one at a in where I waitressed... Had to walk out on Christmas day as he called me a cunt and the manager - his mum - wouldn't do anything about it. Nutter).

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