How do I stop being an annoying employer

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I dislike my work collages to a degree as they spend a lot of time talking and on their phones. Approached it with management such as sitting on a different desk (which will be accommodated, not because I’m the problem but because they are going to move people around).

We’ve had a restructure and brand nee jobs and a new team. Haven’t ever had a 121 or a team meeting for a number of months.

I was pretty fourth coming with suggesting we need a team meeting and as my team mates and management (up one level) aren’t really interested in making improvements or changing anything.

A member of staff is taking annual leave and their assigned job for the week won’t be done. I was talking to a long colleague and we had different outlooks regarding the job. It’s just answering emails and there are a number that are outside our 3 day KPII (by a couple of weeks). She obviously didn’t want to work harder or change anything.

I’m going to come across as being abrasive in the meeting so I don’t know if I should raise anything.

One procedure I would like to change is if you do a action an email you tag the email with your colour/name, that way it becomes accountable. Prob will be disaggregated etc but shall I just shut my mouth?

We also have a new member of staff (temp) and I was suggesting I train her. The last temp was trained by me (kinda dumped on me) and I was wondering if I should volunteer to train?

There is also a supervisor role maybe available soon.

Are you looking to apply for the supervisor role? It sounds like your trying to be the supervisor already

TBH I think you sound overbearing trying to change lots of things at once.
Take a breath, get your managers thoughts on what you’d liked to change and tell them why and if they ok it put it to the rest of the team at the team meetings… baby steps, a lot of please and thanks yous and would you mind doing x work… goes down well.

@GoingOutOutNEVER

Are you looking to apply for the supervisor role? It sounds like your trying to be the supervisor already

TBH I think you sound overbearing trying to change lots of things at once.
Take a breath, get your managers thoughts on what you’d liked to change and tell them why and if they ok it put it to the rest of the team at the team meetings… baby steps, a lot of please and thanks yous and would you mind doing x work… goes down well.

The thing is mistakes are being made and they are preventable. Management don’t seem to care about feedback.

Can you make your suggestions privately to management, stressing the benefit for the business, rather than doing it in the team meeting? If you wait for the team meeting it may look like attention-seeking /brown-nosing, especially when it doesn't seem to be a very change friendly environment.

@HundredMilesAnHour

Can you make your suggestions privately to management, stressing the benefit for the business, rather than doing it in the team meeting? If you wait for the team meeting it may look like attention-seeking /brown-nosing, especially when it doesn't seem to be a very change friendly environment.

Yes thank you.

Again work wasn’t done this week… but I’m not a supervisor so not my problem