I know I’ve posted in aibu , I’m ready!
I’ve also name changed about six times and changed key details to protect the guilty and innocent!
I have a colleague at work who is completely taking the piss.
Manager works part time. On the days manager is not at work, colleague doesn’t come in. In the beginning, colleague used to text in or email and say they’re working at home or they didn’t feel well.
Now they don’t even do that, just don’t come in. It was even worse during the summer when said manager was off on planned sick leave for six weeks. Colleague had around two of those weeks off completely, taking various days not to come in.
It’s becoming even more of a problem because now it’s so obvious and colleague is so bold about it. Last week he even posted pictures of himself out and about with his children on a day out when he should’ve been at work.
There’s also been a few incidents where collegue has ballsed up
deadlines or forgotten work because of these ‘holidays’.
With a small team of only six , based in a satellite office of a large company, I guess that’s how he’s been getting away with it for so long. Nobody says anything although I know other colleagues are annoyed, And seem to have taken the tack if they don’t care what colleague does as long as they don’t get caught and it doesn’t affect anyone else.
It’s driving me silently crackers, and the Christmas holiday is sort of tipping me over the edge. Basically colleague, knowing manager will be off for most of the Christmas holiday, has booked less days off than they need themselves. The idea being that they just won’t come in those days and the manager will never know.
I don’t know what to do,. If I speak to the manager and tell him exactly and what’s being going on, it’s going to be obvious it’s me as I’m really the only one who spoke out and said what colleague is doing is totally out of order. To top it off colleague isn’t all that nice a person and will probably make my life pretty uncomfortable.
Do I just leave it and not say anything? Basically this person is having two full days off per week. They aren’t working at home, they have an admin role and certainly aren’t doing the admin that they should be doing. Emails are unanswered, phone calls not picked up, because basically they treat in that time as a day off.