Just coming on for a rant. Colleague at equal level of seniority seems to wear being too busy as a badge of honour while failing to meet her objectives. She was good in the more junior role but underestimated how hard the promotion would be. I’ve been at this level for about 8 years and have had similar seniority in other work places so I’ve learned things over the years and get the best from my team.
Colleague has continually complained she’s too busy and recently it came to a head and she declared she’s burnt out. Senior manager has asked me to provide support and I do have capacity. Previously I’ve offered and been turned down but she’s forced to accept my help now. So I’ve taken some of the workload myself as well as offering 2 of my team to support with specific tasks each week.
This morning’s comment on the team meeting was “oh my goodness, I need 7 days to get all my work done this week!” So senior manager offered to do one piece of work to which she replied “no no, I’ll pick that up.”
Why I hate it:
- The implication is she’s busier than everyone else
- team don’t feel they can say they have capacity and all find “busy work” and equally complain they’re busy
- our job is not one that’s ever complete - always more you can do, so I think it just shows she can’t prioritise
- i feel she’s totally delusional - I manage more people and have complex jobs in areas she’s got no clue about yet the implication of me “helping” is like I’m underneath her. I’m not.
- she’s taken credit for my work before
I want to be a team player but my god she’s making it hard. Not sure what I want to achieve from the thread but it’s good to write it down.