Lazy co-worker! Help!

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NC for this.

For anyone on here that works with a lazy co-worker, how do you cope?

I have repeatedly reported it to management but I have not seen any changes. They say they are aware and are handling it but no changes so far. The laziness is undeniable with the stats. Everyone notices it. I feel my blood boiling sometimes. I can't help but vent my anger and I end up bitching about them and I hate that. Bitching can be such a terrible thing but I can't control my mouth at times.

I have previously tried to address it with the person directly in a positive and constructive way. This was before I reported it as I didn't want to be a 'snitch'. Nothing helps!!!

It's making me so miserable and resentful How are they getting away with this? and how do stop letting it get to me?

With the best will in the world..... if you can't cope with this then you leave. You have reported what you think is an issue. That's the end of it. They decide if it's an issue and what, if anything, to do. You can stop your blood boiling, your anger and your venting. You can also control your mouth. You have had your say. Whether you are right or wrong, that's the end of it. Not your problem. If it isn't what you like, leave.

I was you. I worked for the company for over 20 years.

On a personal level I did and still do think the absolute world of her.

On a work level.. omfg. We job shared, I did 95% of the work even though I officially worked 16 hours and her 21.

I vented, cried, begged in 121’s with management. Nothing changed. I worked sometimes from 4am-6pm.

I left. Nothing was ever going to change.

Sorry you are going through this xx

If management don’t resolve this within a couple of months then they won’t resolve at all.

The person may have been put on a PIP with reviews that you are not aware of? Reviews would be every 1 or 2 weeks, but I’d imagine you’d notice some improvement over the weeks.

Only you can decide if you can mentally move on and ignore it in order to stay in your role.

Are you having to pick up their slack? Do you have a staff handbook that shows policies and procedures for issues? If you end up speaking to management again make sure you take the emotion out of the conversation, don’t make it personal, make it all about the harm to the company.

To cope you almost have to get to the point where you accept the situation otherwise your working day will become very frustrating. It’s incredibly hard though.

I have this currently - not so much ‘lazy’ but I would describe as ‘laid back’ - not in a rush to do anything, ALWAYS late for meetings, yawns a lot, looks totally disinterested in anything whether it’s meetings or 1:1 catch ups about work. Definitely switches off sometimes.

Have tried to help and encourage and have spoken to management a few times, who are working with her now to support her.

I felt I had to take a step back as it was becoming infuriating…for instance, if I guided her as regards a work matter, I would see that she hadn’t done what I has asked (we also haven’t had a Manager for a while who would normally give guidance, obviously).

Taking a step back has been helpful for me…management are now spending more time with her to refine her work practices.

I chose to leave. Was fortunate in that they were looking for volunteers for redundancy (just before I resigned).

I had a similar situation and decided to resign as I started hating the colleague in the end and couldn’t work with her. Management wouldn’t do anything as colleague had a ‘protected characteristic’.

I was part time, colleague full time but I ended up doing 90% of the work (shared role) and colleague decided she wanted my part time role soon after I started and was constantly harassing me to swop with her (which I didn’t want to do) even asking management to make me swop, deliberately going slow and there was lots of time sensitive stuff which management would complain wasn’t done in time, disappearing for ages (remote job), making excuses that her internet down or was slow or she had to deal with her dogs, always complaining she wasn’t well so couldn’t do much or she couldn’t do the more complex work as it was too difficult. She’d spend the whole afternoon on stuff that should have taken her less than an hour, calling me on Teams every hour to ask me what to do and then not doing it. I’d also have to correct her mistakes a lot of the time so it was quicker for me to do the more complex work myself.

I put in a grievance when I resigned which was mostly upheld but she’s still there now in my part time role! Kind of regret resigning because I’m still job hunting 2 months later but couldn’t deal with her any longer and the effect on my MH wasn’t worth it.

I advise putting in a formal grievance listing all incidents and asking for an investigation into working practices. I should have done that before resigning really but I knew I couldn’t continue working with my colleague so it wouldn’t have changed anything in that regard for me.

I've worked in different teams, there seems to always be someone who is lazy. The lazy person gets away with everything & the management are aware & do nothing !

So concentrate on your work

If you continue to be unhappy, look for a new job

However, as I said above, you will find similar people at other places

Have had this alot, there's always one. If management knows there's not much else you can do. Refuse to let them pawn any work onto you though, circle of control and all that. It sux. I feel for you.