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Treatment from colleagues

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Nusuy · 15/11/2023 18:05

I was given the silent treatment today at lunch when I sat with some colleagues because I reported 1 of them to their line manager as instructed by the IT manager for not doing their job properly. Their line manager was there too ignoring me. It got me down they ignored me as I have done so much for their team and got no support. I had to report them for not doing their job properly as I was having to correct their mistakes as they were purposely not inputting crucial data to the system and they had also been told by someone else to input the data but chose to ignore them. I asked IT if they could put in a mandatory field and they said no because it is a training issue to be reported to the line manager and not an IT issue. This data is vital and will cause long term issues to the business.

There is another issue now where the same person is not amending the status on a case and they do another part of the task and leave it then. I have to then go and change the status on the system as it is still showing as active on the system which is time consuming. Again not my job. This person was shown multiple times by myself and her line manager how to do this but has chosen not to. I don't know who I can report this issue to and might need to speak to my line manager.

This person wants to me to apply for a job in their team and they would be my line manager. I have far more experience than them but chose not to apply for the their job due to the unrealistic workload and former colleagues had burnt out from the role. I find them abrupt and approachable.

A while back she invited me to her house as part of her manipulation tactics and said I should apply for a job there. When I got the job I found out that she had manipulated the manager to get me to do her work. I was always batting the work back and the issue only got resolved when we split teams so we no longer worked together and she had to do it. Since then she never invited me to her house which was all part of her plan, used and discarded.

I am even still covering some tasks for her team until they recruit for a vacant post. It is not my job to do but no-one else in the organisation knows how to do it. I will definitely train the new person as they will need to do this. Why am I being ignored and treated badly because I am following the company policy and procedures and this person thinks it's ok to not follow the procedures and pass their work on. I don't think I can learn anything from her if I got the job as I know more than she does and I would get bad anxiety knowing she would try and pass her work on. She would also expect me to cover her on annial leave and I had to do this for the previous person but I got no extra pay even though the role pays more.

Am I best to just avoid going in the office the days the days they don't go in? This person make me feel on edge. Ex colleagues said when they were keaving she was toxic as she would gossip about people too.

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StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 15/11/2023 18:24

As long as you continue to fix problems that aren't technically yours, nothing will change. Stop helping. Stop changing the status. Let them fail and lose the business some money.

Don't apply for the job in their team.

Think about applying for jobs where you are valued.

CantHaveTooMuchChocolate · 17/11/2023 01:26

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 15/11/2023 18:24

As long as you continue to fix problems that aren't technically yours, nothing will change. Stop helping. Stop changing the status. Let them fail and lose the business some money.

Don't apply for the job in their team.

Think about applying for jobs where you are valued.

This. Also your IT department are beyond useless if they won’t make the required fields mandatory, and try and fob it off as a training issue.

Fraaahnces · 17/11/2023 02:14

Look elsewhere. This company obviously has a systemic toxic work environment. You will remain frustrated and end up doing other people’s work for no reward.

Nusuy · 17/11/2023 08:54

CantHaveTooMuchChocolate · 17/11/2023 01:26

This. Also your IT department are beyond useless if they won’t make the required fields mandatory, and try and fob it off as a training issue.

The IT department could have made it mandatory. I think they fobbed me off as they couldn't be bothered to make the change on the system.

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Nusuy · 17/11/2023 08:58

Fraaahnces · 17/11/2023 02:14

Look elsewhere. This company obviously has a systemic toxic work environment. You will remain frustrated and end up doing other people’s work for no reward.

Spot on. It is a very toxic work environment where the people who do all the hard work are expected to pick up the pieces and the lazy or aggressive ones get away things and get the promotions. All the nice people I meet realise how toxic it is and leave. There are still some nice people there but they share my frustrations too. The fact I pointed out an error was a good thing to help save the organisation but these toxic people don't like that I spoke out because they are too lazy to do their job.

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