AIBU by being annoyed by people not doing work?

[BettyBurntBuns]

I’m at work and one girl had done nothing for 35 mins, just chatting to management/her manager.

Not sure how to handle it, do I just ignore?

Pretty ironic that you're posting on MN?!

Ignore of course!

Every heard of irony op?

Perhaps they were having an important 'chat'

Definitely ironic OP. I hope you've got your hard had on.

how would you know? why aren't you working?

the irony is strong with this one

Ignore ignore ignore.

If that type of behaviour is rewarded in your workplace then you should get in on it!

Or look for another job if it's not your style.

Either way focus on yourself and what you are achieving, what you want out of your career etc., never on what any other person is up to. That way lies misery!

Our team leader makes an effort to have little chats around once a week with each staff member. She considers it's a valuable chance to know how they're doing outside of work and generally create an environment where they feel they can raise things directly with her. She's made the effort to stay connected with each of us during remote working and encouraged us to stay in touch with colleagues and phone each other to chat and offer support.

I fully agree with her approach that working 100% time flat out is not as beneficial as taking the odd time to chat with staff and build supportive relationships and a good team feeling

If you are concerned then you'd need to tell her manager, but I'd suggest they are probably aware that she was talking to them rather than on MN for example

I’m on my way to work now.... I start at 10.30

If her manager is the one chatting with her it sounds like they don't have a problem with it. You sound like a nightmare to work with. Nobody likes a busybody.

@BettyBurntBuns

I’m on my way to work now.... I start at 10.30

I don’t get how you know she hasn’t done anything then?

I’m confused. How can you know that you’re colleague is chatting to the manager if you’re not at work.

Surely if you were going to report her for not doing work it would be to...the manager.

I don’t get it.

@BettyBurntBuns

I’m on my way to work now.... I start at 10.30

OP post 1 - 'Im at work' OP post 2 - 'Im on my way to work... I start at 10.30'

So are you at work or not, if not how are you watching this convosation happen and why are you watching instead of working.

Schrodinger’s workplace.

Talking in the past, as in yesterday. Sorry I have an issue with writing.

It’s bad because I get stressed and have to do more work. I don’t want to let work build up and had she just done work we wouldn’t be as far behind with the emails.

Who would you complain to?
Was she supposed to tell her boss to go away?

Why do you have to do more work because a colleague is talking?

But not too busy to post a snotty message on here.

Go and complain to management then, with whom she was talking. Good luck with that.

Maybe they are talking about a work related issue? You can't be working either otherwise you wouldn't be on here.

I'd raise it with the colleague at the time (ask if she could do X task) and if she refused I would raise it then and there with the manager she was talking to.

That is nothing. I've got a colleague who is full time and picked up less work than me (half her hours) in the last year whilst we've all been working from home. Public sector so fuck all gets done about it.

It's really frustrating to know that she is being paid double what I am (because she's full time and I'm half hours) but doing far less work. All of our work is logged and recorded so I can see exactly what she has done compared me to and she's not even doing a third of what I'm doing. And she's fudging her time sheet so she gets loads of flexi. She's never online on Teams until after 9am but somehow logs herself as starting at 8.45 each morning.

It's a joke.

Yanbu. Some people do tbis because theyare lazy fu**ers

Here is the thing.

just chatting to management/her manager.

That is pretty literally what I do for a living. I manage projects, the only way to get really good information on what is happening, the major risks to a successful outcome is to chat to people.

Imagine that.

People communication about work, at work.