do you have someone you work with that drives you crazy?

Question

how do you handle it...

Answer 1

I once worked with someone with a chemical dependence problem. This person had all the red flags, like buying a huge lunch only to eat two or three forkfuls, disappearing for extended periods of time and a slurring voice.

The topper was before leaving, this person tried to put in a work injury claim for lifting heavy boxes and developing a back injury! Another co-worker and I each picked up that box easily because it wasn't that heavy.

I'm just grateful that this person no longer works with me, although I wish they would get help.

Answer 2

As a matter of fact I do! I dispatch medevac helicopters and in this program there are pilots, nurses, medics and dispatchers. The dispatchers only dispatch the aircraft and ambulances and the medics do that and fly in the aircraft. They only spend 1/3 of their schedule in the Communications Center (dispatch), but they're expected to be proficient at their job when they're in here. The problem is that most of them resent having to dispatch so there are a few people that go out of their way to do a miserable job in here and we all suffer for it.

One guy in particular does as little work as he can get away with and makes everyone else's lives miserable. When I'm directly affected by his lak of work, I make sure to bring to his, and everyone else's, attention, and every single time it happens, I write my bosses an email like they've asked us to do. I want his lazy habits well documented, so that if they ever get around to firing him, they'll have plenty of ammo to do it with.