The difficult colleague

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A colleague and I recently got promoted to the same position at work.

I've really enjoyed the additional responsibilities and new opportunities but my colleague is doing the bare minimum.

He is often late, he disappears often without telling anyone where he is going, he is constantly on his phone, he can't concentrate so spends forever on tiny projects and he constantly shys away from new things.

I'm not one for calling people out who are struggling but he constantly declines any offers of help and I think he finds me patronising. So it's not so much incompetence but actually lack of effort that bothers me.

I've made small comments to our manager. I don't want to launch into a full rant as I try my best to be an encouraging, supportive and positive member of the team.

Am I wrong to get so worked up that this person is getting paid just as much as I am for his work?

Is his work directly affecting you?

Try and turn it around to how well you are doing and negotiate a raise for yourself. Its v frustrating but try not to pay any attention to him.

Maybe he sees you as "the difficult colleague"?

It's not for you to manage his performance.
Concentrate on yourself and your own responsibilities.
He is responsible for himself, and it's up to his supervisor to pull him up.
I know it must be a bit frustrating but he may have issues you know nothing about.

Rise above it.

Thanks everyone, it's definitely more of an annoyance than a direct impact on myself. Today for example we were the highest level managers in the building for a while and we have radios for staff to get in touch with us when needed. I gave my colleague the radio while I went on my lunch break and when I returned back, he was nowhere to be seen and the radio was still on his desk. There were missed calls from the team who had needed help. I'm worried this reflected badly on both of us.

This would frustrate me greatly but if his work doesn't hugely affect yours, I'd just leave it. Focus on being the best you can be and, in time, people will see that you're pulling your weight and he isn't.