I'm starting my maternity leave soon and my boss has brought in a temp to cover while I'm on leave - she was the second choice out of two candidates.
I've been spending a lot of time and effort training her to what I'm fairly certain is a good level. I.e. I'm pausing a lot so she can make decent notes and asking if she has any questions or wants me to go over anything again. I'm trying to let her do things so that if she does get stuck then I'm still around to help.
But when it comes to doing the tasks, she's asking me to go over it all from scratch so she can make notes! And her response to most things is 'I don't remember that'.
I've been training her in a conference room with my computer hooked up to a big screen so she can see clearly. I'm reluctant/cautious to do things round her or my desk because she coughs a lot/very sniffley all the time and so I'm worried about catching something - that's why I'm trying to make a big effort in the first place.
I'm just getting really frustrated cause she's not piping up at the time and I think 'well I went through that with you in quite a lot of detail and you supposedly made notes'.
Now I completely understand there will be teething problems and everyone makes mistakes and it takes more than under 2 months to train someone and for them to pick up the quirks of any organization but I am really worried as to how she is going to cope once I've gone and just find her lack of knowledge on how to do the job she's supposedly qualified for quite shocking!
Not wanting to sound arrogant but I've been in my job for a long time, I know it inside out and I just feel all the systems and processes I've worked hard to put in place are going to be a complete mess when I return. I also feel sorry for my boss who I have a really good relationship with and he has the confidence to just let me get on and do things, he's going to have to babysit and prompt her a lot!
Also, this has nothing to do with anything, and I'm all for a bit of banter, but she comes out with quite a lot of personal info like how this Christmas was the first time one she 'didn't have a fella' and more recently her new fella was coming over 'just for a coffee' and how she had sex to induce labour...urgh I don't want to know when I'm trying to show you how to do a job!
I also know I shouldn't really care as I'm going off to have my baby which is much more important but I'm quite a conscientious person and its just really bothering me how incompetent she is!