Have I behaved badly

[mimp]

I work for a small company think 5-6 staff. Director has been off for a couple of weeks. Business is slow at the moment. One of the guys just sat around for the two weeks and one day I caught him fast asleep. He didn't even try to look for work do those odd jobs that never get done.
Director is back work still slow and I knew he had to think about letting a couple of people go I told him about this staff member. I feel awful and I don't know why I did it but his behaviour just astonished me. The lack of any effect! He will be let go this week or next I have been told. Feel guilty but it's a bit late for that. I actually think I am a bitch. AIBU ...what would you have done?

I don’t get your reasoning of “I work in the warehouse, he works in the factory” as your excuse to not take action, despite (by your own admission) you are in a senior role. It’s a company with fewer employees than my husband has siblings. It’s not Ford Motors. You are all equally responsible for the running of the company when it’s that small. And you gave presumably been given a senior role because you are perceived to be more responsible, more knowledgeable or more experienced (or any combination thereof) than the others.

If I were the director I would fire you for not taking control of a situation that has led to the detriment of the workforce, despite your seniority. That’s not how seniors in a company should act. Maybe the man didn’t want to work there anymore (and with you being 25% of his colleagues I’m not surprised) but you are adults, not school children. And if you’re not adult enough to speak to him in an adult manner about this but instead prefer to hide behind your “not my job” excuse and go running telling tales to the boss when he returns then you should be the one to go. I’m surprised he’s kept you on.

No yanbu. Doesn't matter it's slow or not you don't sleep on the job! End of.

I wouldn't feel guilty at all!

No one likes a tittle tattle. Saying that he sounds a lazy cunt so would have probably got the sack eventually anyway...

Fuck it , it’s lazy and unprofessional
Yanbu

What's done is done. No use having second thoughts, and it probably would have been better had you and his line manager nipped the behaviour in the bud years ago, and made more of an effort to address it with the Director. He has obviously been allowed to get away with unprofessional behaviour since he started so why assume he would pitch in now.

You basically covered your arse now the situation has come down to a numbers game. Survival of the Fittest I guess. Don't worry OP, I doubt any guilt will linger long.

I'm sure if the "keep your nose out" posters on here were to lose their job over someone at their workplace who doesn't do their job/was lazy etc - they'd have a different opinion!