I'm sure we have all worked with some awful people, whether employees/colleagues or bosses. But is there anyone you've worked with who you like and get on well with but would never work with again?
I recently had a girl working on my team (situation probably made more difficult by officially sharing the same line manager but me being prompted to lead the team but not officially reporting to me) who has thankfully left now but I'd never work with again.
On a personal level she was lovely. We got on well and she's a good person (out of work!), but she was so incredibly lazy and unmotivated. She worked there a few years and the situation was never/could never be properly addressed. 'Rules' were put in place for the whole team to follow basically just to encourage her to work - didn't make a difference, just made everyone else's job worse. She'd literally just browse the Internet all day and leave the work for everyone else, occasionally picking out some easy tasks when they were available. Constantly made mistakes, complained of micro managing when asked to rectify. Arranged a different shift due to a health issue (but privately told me she could ask her doctor to say anything), new shift started and finished later but she'd swan in with a coffee 30-45 mins past her new start time and leave as soon as she was sure everyone else had left the office. She could talk the talk and would always make it sound to people outside the team she was doing loads of work. She was perfectly capable, but just wasn't doing the work. I pulled her up on it myself but she just played dumb and said she was doing the work!!
I'm actually more annoyed at my line manager for not addressing the issue, despite constant complaints and reassurances he'd deal with it.
she's now left for a completely different career, but I do wonder if the laziness will persist in the new role or if she was just not motivated.
Is laziness the worst trait in an otherwise good person? Do you know someone you'd never work with again?