Would you be annoyed if someone on your level asked you why you weren’t doing work?

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I wasn’t asked by a colleague why I wasn’t doing X part of our job.

Should people on the same job level be asking colleagues direct or going through management?

Just for clarity, I’m a bit sick of colleagues at the moment being on their phones etc and management not caring about workload/managing it. So I swapped around an admin task. It didn’t affect her negatively.

Tell her to f off and mind her own business!

I would but I’d rather that than them say it behind my back which is what happens in my work

I don’t have an issue with it as such…. But why pick on me when people are on their phone constantly?

It’s better than her sneaking behind your back to management to be honest

@TracyLords

It’s better than her sneaking behind your back to management to be honest

Yes I understand that as well.

Just feel a bit picked on…. When I’m one of the hardest people.

Depends on what you swapped. If you have someone else an easier job and you took the harder one to help them then that’s fair enough. If it was the other way round that doesn’t sound good.

Gave not have

They should be speaking directly to you. Weird if they did otherwise.
Also procedurally if they wish to have a grievance against you best practice is they must address your behaviour with you first

I am a grafter with a calm resting bitch face. I can kill anything dead with a positivity chat. It keeps nosey arses away.
Be super upbeat, maybe talk about God.
You’ll get a wider berth

Be super upbeat, maybe talk about God. You’ll get a wider berth

Good tactic. Anyone who talks about god gets a wide berth from me.

In the workplace I would rather be feared/respected than loved.

@Elieza

Depends on what you swapped. If you have someone else an easier job and you took the harder one to help them then that’s fair enough. If it was the other way round that doesn’t sound good.

No was just a task that I bought forward because it wood actually give more support in my option to layer in the week when we were short staffed. Only issue was I didn’t ask my manager….

If I thought someone at my level was taking the piss workload-wise I'd absolutely question them on it.

If it was something insignificant which would not put pressure on the other person then no worries. Anything significant should be run by the line manager.

Perhaps she thought she’d missed a memo and should have been doing what you were doing too?!

I’d rather someone came to me before grassing me in on something so I think she did the right thing to ask.

Why are you taking it badly? Is it a big deal. I don’t think it sounds like anything you need to worry about. If you have good ideas let the line manager know so everyone can think head and tweak procedures too?

Your lm should appreciate people who use their brain and work flexibly.

I just don’t appreciate having my work questioned when people are constantly on their phone not doing work lol.

Plus other stuff like management not controlling/taking interest in work flow
Etc.