AIBU to be angry with office snitch!

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I'm still feeling resentful - thank god I'm off work next week. This woman at work who's only been there for a year but same position as me asked me last week if I would update a matrix instead of sending her the information to add. I do this on a weekly basis and she was on about 'streamlining' the process. I told her no - that it was easier for me just to email her the info but she said again it would make it easier and avoid mistakes transporting the information. I disagreed and left it at that - next thing is I'm called into my managers office and told I've to follow the new procedure! I'm really pissed off about this. I'm off next week but plan to speak to her when I get back for going behind my back. She went to her own boss who is the Head of the Department and must have spoke to her about it. She brought up other stuff about my leaving/arrival times - yep - I do sneak off early sometime but I get the job done. Livid.

You're being petty.

If you don't want to be snitched on, be better.

OP you're being very unreasonable here. She didn't go behind your back she tried to discuss it with you twice and from the sounds of things you point blank refused to even consider it so she went to her boss to discuss which sounds pretty reasonable. You on the other hand are coming across like the office bully calling her a snitch, pathetic and pretty vindictive and you're going to speak to her for going behind your back! And she's hardly the new girl if she's been there a year so what you've been there years it does not mean you're more senior than her and sneaking off early would piss me right off just because you've been there years doesn't make it ok. Fair enough if its occasionally and you have discussed with your manager but it sounds like from your post you make a habit of it. To be honest if I was you colleague and you had the brass neck to call me a snitch and vindictive for going behind you back when I had tried to discuss it with you I'd let you have it with both barrels! how do you know she told your boss about you leaving early? maybe your boss noticed and decided to pull you on it at the same time or another pissed off colleague could have done it and you were spoken to regarding both. Grow up and accept you were wrong just because a previous colleague did it your way doesn't mean its the right way workplaces if they're any good at what they do are always looking to make improvements and develop you have two choices here if you don't like it leave and find another job or move with the times and change and update your work practises!

I’m sure you’re an absolute delight, with lots of friends who genuinely enjoy your company, and that you have a conscientious attitude towards your work. Unfortunately, your post makes you sound like you’re a lazy fucker whom people are nice to only because they don’t want to be turned on and called names by you and your little gang.

If you can’t be bothered to act professionally or do your job, find a new one where you work alone and minimal effort is required.

I have worked with so many people like OP and never liked one of them. I can’t stand people who aren’t efficient and hold back progress.

“Getting the job done” is no longer acceptable. There’s always something to do in the workplace but non team players like you wouldn’t know that.

When she first started we could have a bit of a laugh with her and she'd join in the banter. We take the mick out of each other. However she's started to say things like -'why are you calling me that' - (we call her pussy or flapperjack - just stuff like that).

I am so not jealous of her - she's older than me, quite chubby and she ain't no oil painting.

She also pulled me up the other day - she was going on about some stuff she had to do when I told her to chill out. She said she was chilled and had she done something to offend me because I'd been off with her earlier. She HAD asked a stupid question earlier and tbh I'd been a bit obtuse when I didn't really answer her question.

I just read through your other thread no wonder she went to her boss I don't blame her. Your colleague has acted very reasonably all things considered and people are probably gonna flay me for this but you've got a right cheek calling her the office snitch when you come across like the office bitch! I hope she reports your for bullying people like you need knocking down a peg or two or even ten! if you had the cheek to call me a pussy in front of everyone then I'd be asking you who the hell do you think you are and who do you think you're talking to!

So you get emailed data which you copy and paste over the course of a week and then send it all to her to input because this way is quicker for you.

It being quicker for you personally doesn't mean it's made the input process quicker, if you are the one receiving the data during the week then it makes sense for you to be the one to enter it instead of you creating an extra step in copying and pasting and dumping it on her to do.

You say it's been this way for years, well sounds like you've had a good run of passing it on to someone else to do and it's now your turn.

You asked what to do moving forward, don't have a go at her for her doing her job. Don't be late and don't leave early. Pull your weight and stop crowing colleagues who do their jobs properly as suck ups and pussies.

Something tells me you won't have to worry about her for long OP, and your not long for the push.

I'm going to go to work tomorrow and try to delegate everything that makes things more difficult for me. I'm pretty sure it would be everything that I do.

I am interested as to what you think the appropriate course of action for her was? She asked you to do it, you refused. She went to the supervisor who apparently agreed you should be doing it, and told you to do it. So what would you have preferred she do to get you to start doing it without going to the supervisor?

*When she first started we could have a bit of a laugh with her and she'd join in the banter. We take the mick out of each other. However she's started to say things like -'why are you calling me that' - (we call her pussy or flapperjack - just stuff like that).

I am so not jealous of her - she's older than me, quite chubby and she ain't no oil painting.

She also pulled me up the other day - she was going on about some stuff she had to do when I told her to chill out. She said she was chilled and had she done something to offend me because I'd been off with her earlier. She HAD asked a stupid question earlier and tbh I'd been a bit obtuse when I didn't really answer her question.*

This is a wind up, right? If not, wow. Just wow.

I've worked at places where people who have been there for years progressively get too big for their boots, thinking they're bulletproof, growing less and less aware of quite out of line their behaviour was. It invariably ended with them being walked to the door. It gets to a point where the rot has set in too far and it's just easier to get rid rather than try to repair.

• the data comes to me from someone else - it's a load of different emails but I just copy and paste the stuff as it comes in - then I send it to her to input on the matrix. It's a lot quicker for me to do it like that and since she's started she's been doing it and the staff member before her did it. That's why I think she should continue to do it.*

But it doesn't matter what you think or how it has been done with previous employees, as it is interrupting the flow of work for someone else. Furthermore, she's probably frustrated because she feels you do it that way so you can sneak out early. I'd be reporting you too! Maybe she'd like to leave early but she has to do your work.

You're not getting the job done (just to reply to your OP), you're just placing more work on someone else by refusing to be a team-player. Hopefully you see that.

I hope you get sacked for being an obtuse, vile bully.

that is an old post and not the same person. She's moved on now

Ah so you bullied one poor woman out her job, now on to the next one.

Let's look at this for what it really is.

You're annoyed because the woman wants to give you more work to do. This is correct because the system in place is shit and only serves to give people like you half a job to do.

Maybe OP could try finding a new job if this colleague is being so dreadful, fancy going behind your back especially when you've been there for years and have bants bahahaha! Good luck!

in my work's case it's about 50 people inputting data into a database.
If I were to do that, it would leave me no time for my actual work.
I suspect it's very specific email contents that needs to be inputted into the matrix, so forwarding the whole emails would be a non starter.

Am I the only one that has no idea what flapperjack means??!

that is an old post and not the same person. She's moved on now.

So I asked some questions about why it’s done this way, and whether you take on other tasks from her, and pointed out that this extra step is more likely to cause errors and take extra time overall, and this is the only response?

OP, I can tell you exactly what’s happened here.

Your boss didn’t know that she was taking on this extra work which should be your work. Her predecessor did it so you think she should still do it.

She asked you to do it going forwards (since it’s not her job). You said no.

She went to her boss and queried whether she should be doing this and the boss said no, you should be doing it and they thought you were. This whole “new process” is a way to tell you to do your bloody job without causing a scene.

Besides which, the boss may have already had reports about your time keeping or noticed things themselves - they may have been calling your desk a few minutes before you’re due to finish every day for months for all you know. In which case they would have just asked her to confirm. Why would she lie for you?

If I were you I’d be very cautious and hard working from now on as at the least they’ll be watching you more closely.

I wanted to bring it up with her so she knows that I'm not a pushover and I'm not impressed with her going behind my back. But now I'm thinking about it I'd be best of leaving it. it looks like I'm not popular on here -sorry to offend everyone.

Honestly I'm surprised you're popular anywhere! Do your job and stopping bring so bloody lazy! You know yours hours then work them.

OK, I'm going to make myself unpopular here by saying that I can see where you're coming from.

DISCLAIMER : I still think that the way you went about it, and your general understanding of how grow ups should behave, sucks. You seem to think that your boss is somehow like a teacher, and "telling on you" is against the rules of the playground.

BUT

It sounds like the task of manually inputting this data is a tedious one, which was historically done by the person in your colleague's role. It isn't your data and it isn't hers - it's just that someone needs to do the boring data entry part.

If you don't think it should be you, you're going to have to come up with a better reason than "it's easier for me this way". That makes you sound, well, lazy and childish. Go to your boss with actual reasons, such as :

"Data entry is always a boring job - in my role I take on xyz [ list parts of your job when you do something tedious for the good of the team] and historically, updating this spreadsheet was part of [colleague's] role. If you'd like me to start taking responsibility for this spreadsheet as well, that's no problem, but it may mean taking time away from [list an area of your role that you don't enjoy and would be happy to have someone else take over]. How would you like to proceed with this? "

Of course, if you frequently" sneak out early " it will be harder to claim that you don't have time to do this particular task.

Op you are why I hate dealing with staff and wish I hadn't started employing. I resent having to deal with the shite you have created. Maybe you should give a shit if people are leaving a bit earlier or be more concerned about completing tasks in a way which minimises errors.
This kind of don't give a shite, I'll do what's easiest for me attitude is what wastes my time as an employer it pulls me away from what I should be doing.
You sound like a child grow up and take a bit of pride in yourself.

"it looks like I'm not popular on here"

You think? You sound lazy as fuck and a total nightmare to work with.

is she doing your per?
that should be, er, interesting

Bloody hell shes not a mass murderer people.

I think you probably have been stuck in the same role for a long time and never have to think outside the box. You're the typical person I came up against in one of my jobs which was to go in and streamline and cut costs in certain departments. The first response from everyone was But We've Always Done it Like This!!

You need to alter your mindset, become more proactive but first of all I think you could do with apologising to your colleague and making sure you work the hours you are paid for.

If you don't buck up your ideas OP I can see you being sacked, nobody likes a bully who also slacks off.

It's obvious that you think you're the dogs bollocks, I can assure you that you're not and if you carry on like this you're in for a rude awakening.