Colleague should fix mistake?

[Tiptoethroughthetulips22]

If someone makes a mistake at work, not internal investigation big but more a rectifiable mistake from rushing or laziness of not checking - who would fix mistake

YABU - person who found it should fix it
YANBU - person who make the mistake should fix it

I suggested to my manager a mistake I’d located should be fixed by colleague and it was very badly received.

I get what you are saying but if time is tight and the manager just needs it done they might be thinking it's safer to ask you if you are more experienced? Or they might have something else they need the colleague to do.

Depends if it's a simple fix or not.

Depends on the point of fixing the mistake... If it needs to be done urgently then whoever can do it then and there should do it. If it needs to be a learning point then the person who made the mistake should fix it

Depends. Morally the easy answer is whoever made it should fix it but realistically it might not be that simple. If it's going to have an impact on the business by waiting for the person who made it to fix it, then the person who found it should fix it.

Really though it's up to hour manager to decide these things and I get how telling him/her who you think should do what work might be badly received. And if you could have fixed it simply and easily without involving the manager i also get why they might be peed off.

Is this a TAAT?

Management don't want to manage and may feel that the feedback is implied at their management even though it was someone else's error. It should be the person who made the mistake who should rectify it but usually it is the reliable one who has to sort out the mess. It's probably best not to be too good at your job.

No one more experienced in the situation - all hired to do the exact same job.

Easy fix but requires explaining to client what they’ve previously been told wasn’t correct.

I just get frustrated picking up other peoples mistakes and feel like how would anyone learn if they didn’t fix things themselves. I’m also happy to have any of my mistakes pointed out for me to resolve.

I agree with DeathStare it's up to the manager to decide the best use of their resource.

@UhtredRagnarson

Is this a TAAT?

No clue what you are talking about - genuinely. Please don’t try and detail the thread.

Your manager might think you are the best at handling the situation. Take it as a positive for your next appraisal.

A business doesn’t really care who does what task. It just cares that things are done efficiently. So who will fix the task efficiently?

In my job, it’s almost always the person who made the original mistake. I’m sure it varies in other fields.

@ThatIsMyPotato

I agree with DeathStare it's up to the manager to decide the best use of their resource.

Just if relevant I asked the manager to check it over. Then I asked if that the person correct it. I don’t want it to sound like I demanded that’s what the manager did - I just requested it.

No clue what you are talking about - genuinely. Please don’t try and detail the thread.

Not trying to derail it. I’m asking if you’re posting in response to another thread about something incredibly similar from the person who made the mistake.

Suggesting to your manager that the mistake maker fix it was over stepping the mark, I think. They can make that decision without you telling them their job.

Sometimes, you just get it fixed ASAP, and perhaps in not wanting to do that, you came across as a bit of a jobsworth?

very very similar story

I think its more important that it gets addressed and rectified promptly than that the person initially responsible rectifies it.

I'd hate to work with people who fail to recognise the collective interests of the team in preference of pettiness.

Unless someone's making a mistake repeatedly and it's a training issue I tend to fix it myself.

@UhtredRagnarson

very very similar story

Well we work from home and have done so since March 2020. Not sure what else to tell you.

@Bourbonic

I think its more important that it gets addressed and rectified promptly than that the person initially responsible rectifies it.

I'd hate to work with people who fail to recognise the collective interests of the team in preference of pettiness.

I’m not doing it to be petty. I’ve just reached the point where I’m fed up of being in this situation.

The other day there was a duplicated piece of work. A colleague just closed down one which made her look like she’d done more work and left the original work for someone else (me) to pick up.

You genuinely just reach the point where you can’t tolerate it anymore.

As you have said you can't tolerate it anymore OP I would just look for another job and start a fresh. Your colleagues and frustrations will not change.

If you reframe it as your manager thinking you are the best person to fix the mistake does that help? In my job I'm often given the mistakes to fix as I can see what's gone wrong and how to put it right without my manager's input.

In life people should sort their own mistakes. Unless this person thinks someone should follow behind them, tidying up after them