Post by Jörmungandr on Oct 4, 2023 3:12:41 GMT -5
I had this coworker that would treat me like I was lazy if I didn't do his job for him.
Going into details would be good for understanding the situation better but it would be a lot to explain. In short, ideally we would cover each other when we go to break, but our job functions were very different. If he didn't cover me a bit while I am on break, we run out of product and the business loses money for a while. His role was stocking up materials to make the product, but that didn't need to be a continuous process, as the materials came in bulk amounts that would last a while. You could have gaps for stuff like breaks and catch back up.
I'm not too lazy to help. Aside from if you ask him, I'd always had a reputation as a hard worker. I've often been the benchmark. The problem with this one particular coworker is he wouldn't have his materials caught up much before going to break, and if I helped him set up more while he's out, he comes back and sees we have enough to last a while and he goes to sitting around waiting on the materials to run down a certain amount. It didn't normally run down that much until after he would go to his next break.
Basically, he'd let me do his job for him. If I decided this wasn't fair and he should do his own job a bit, he'd lecture me about "around here we help each other" like I'm lazy. If I help cover him like he wants while he's on break, I do his job while he's away so he can come back to nothing to do and sits around doing nothing.
Thoughts?
Going into details would be good for understanding the situation better but it would be a lot to explain. In short, ideally we would cover each other when we go to break, but our job functions were very different. If he didn't cover me a bit while I am on break, we run out of product and the business loses money for a while. His role was stocking up materials to make the product, but that didn't need to be a continuous process, as the materials came in bulk amounts that would last a while. You could have gaps for stuff like breaks and catch back up.
I'm not too lazy to help. Aside from if you ask him, I'd always had a reputation as a hard worker. I've often been the benchmark. The problem with this one particular coworker is he wouldn't have his materials caught up much before going to break, and if I helped him set up more while he's out, he comes back and sees we have enough to last a while and he goes to sitting around waiting on the materials to run down a certain amount. It didn't normally run down that much until after he would go to his next break.
Basically, he'd let me do his job for him. If I decided this wasn't fair and he should do his own job a bit, he'd lecture me about "around here we help each other" like I'm lazy. If I help cover him like he wants while he's on break, I do his job while he's away so he can come back to nothing to do and sits around doing nothing.
Thoughts?
