Coworkers that suck..

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13 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

not typically my experience, but yea.  I guess I can see that happening.

How would you..., I mean he, know?....

[Fishingmickey]

People that never do any more then they get paid for never get paid any more then they do.

FM

[slonezp]

2 hours ago, Spankey said:

I’ve been in heavy industrial equipment repair my whole life. Pretty much work solo and problems I encountered were mine to deal with from start to completion. Not a bad gig if you are not a people person. I Alway got along well with steel and electrical components. 

The real suck was going behind guys that were hammer jockeys and not very skilled. Guys with a poor work ethic’s. They sucked at what they did but I can’t really say that they sucked at being human beings. Just in the wrong field. 

I was a pipefitter before an injury took me out of the field. What you describe above is what I called job security. 

[Mobasser]

When I was working full time, we had a few bad coworkers over all the years. Mostly because they drank too much, and we're not reliable.          For the past few years, it became harder to get any help at all. I have a couple of friends who have shut down they're business( contracting) because they couldn't get guys to show up and work. Sad state of affairs. The construction business is full of guys like this, as are other lines of work. I know a finish carpenter who now works on his own. He can't get anyone to be reliable. He trims the entire house by himself. Doors, baseboard, crown molding, everything.

It's a shame at 20 to 30 dollars per hr, he, can't get any decent help.

[Spankey]

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

I was a pipefitter before an injury took me out of the field. What you describe above is what I called job security. 

You like I were in the trades. We seen it all on the job sites. Some of the things that would wiz you off you could not help but to laugh your butt off about. Especially during install jobs. 

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, Mobasser said:

When I was working full time, we had a few bad coworkers over all the years. Mostly because they drank too much, and we're not reliable.          For the past few years, it became harder to get any help at all. I have a couple of friends who have shut down they're business( contracting) because they couldn't get guys to show up and work. Sad state of affairs. The construction business is full of guys like this, as are other lines of work. I know a finish carpenter who now works on his own. He can't get anyone to be reliable. He trims the entire house by himself. Doors, baseboard, crown molding, everything.

It's a shame at 20 to 30 dollars per hr, he, can't get any decent help.

I wish I could get 20-30 dollars an hour! It’s usually a lot closer to 12 once you call and inquire 

[Columbia Craw]

People are different. They each have their own learning styles, communication styles, personality quirks, values and personal histories that made them who they are. When you observe behavior that is positive and productive or helpful, reinforce that.  When you experience behaviors that don’t benefit the work place, tactfully share ideas to improve or modify the behaviors to get a better result.  
 

I had a Chief of Police who was hard to work under.  It wasn’t just me who felt that way.  He spent hours in the restroom. Hours. No exaggeration.  Some of my coworkers sent a message without saying a word. The installed a parking meter next to the toilet. True story. 

[NYWayfarer]

On 10/24/2022 at 12:35 PM, 12poundbass said:

I’m the boss of my team, and the company I work for now bought my old company January of this year. My team from my old company either left or went to different areas, so I’m basically the new kid on the block, who’s in charge of this team who some were hoping to get into a management position so it seems there’s a bit of animosity from some of them. Most are good and listen, a few not so much.
 

This past weekend I put out our weekend plan and some just have a hard time following simple instructions. It’s quite interesting being in a management role and having to deal with so many different personalities.

 

I swear I’d have a full head of hair if it weren’t for some of these people. 

 

Good times! 
 

Management 101 quote “people don’t check their personalities at the door” 

 

I learned that quick when I was promoted to management. I can work around most personalities. The one personality I that hate is the rat. Anyone that comes in to complain about what the next person is doing gets one of two speeches from me.

 

1) Don’t come in here pointing fingers unless you are willing to point it back at yourself. 
 

2) If you ever want to be more than what you are now in the company you should stop worrying about other folks. Be the best employee you can be and eventually the pieces will fall in place.

[flyfisher]

I work with a lot of sucky coworkers.  Some it is kind of not their fault as they are recent graduates and thrown directly into the fire with little real world experience.  As long as they are lookign to improve I am fine with it though and enjoy helping them along.  The other are the subset that think they know it all even though they have minimal experience or minimal experience in the environment we work.  Lots of great people too though.

 

Oh, and I am an elementary school teacher

[N Florida Mike]

I could write a book of experiences on this. I’ll start with “Stinky”.  He was our mechanic when I was a manager at my last company. He was nicknamed that because you could literally smell him before you could see or hear him. Employees would debate when he had taken his last bath. That would have been ok had he been a better mechanic. He was average on a good day.  He often would get on a roller and roll under a truck to appear that he was working, then take a nap.His uncleanliness was eclipsed only by his total lack of social skills.  He had one crony that would always take up for him, who had his own problems.

The owner of the company thought he was great and kept him on no matter what. The daughter of the owner couldn’t stand him and told me once, He grunts once for yes, and twice for no- haha. That was truthful.

One day he started dating a girl. He showed up at work with a haircut, and he didn’t stink. Unfortunately, it did not improve his work ethic.

His new nickname after that was “ prince charming  “ , lol ?

[gim]

1 hour ago, N Florida Mike said:

Employees would debate when he had taken his last bath.

Do people still take a bath these days?  Sitting in a tepid pool of your own filth?  Yuck.  We live in the 21st century now.  I thought everyone took showers instead.  You know, using gravity to wash yourself and then send it southward down the drain.

[TnRiver46]

8 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Do people still take a bath these days?  Sitting in a tepid pool of your own filth?  Yuck.  We live in the 21st century now.  I thought everyone took showers instead.  You know, using gravity to wash yourself and then send it southward down the drain.

My wife takes baths all the time! Even has a special tray that sits in there for candles and such………

 

I was whining about my back hurting once and she said take a hot bath. I filled up the tub, waiting…….. then I sit in the tub and everything from my waist up is out of the water. Probably should have thought of that possibility………. That was my first and last attempt at a bath in the last 30 years 

[padlin]

I use the tub. Guess if I got grubby enough where the water might turn to tepid filth I'd use the shower instead. 

 

I put in a deep tub to use it.

[MN Fisher]

On 10/24/2022 at 11:35 AM, 12poundbass said:

It’s quite interesting being in a management role and having to deal with so many different personalities.

Try working as the Asst. Manager, then Manager of a convenience store...been there, done that. That's what I did between my crashed IT career (I had 20 years of experience in all parts including a stint as the interim MIS Director - but I didn't have that all important 'piece of paper') and my time in manufacturing.

 

Want to talk about problematic workers....low-level retail is probably the worst.

12 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Do people still take a bath these days?  Sitting in a tepid pool of your own filth?

If my muscles are aching - then it's a quick shower to wash off, then a tub almost too hot to lay in...ever since the hot-tub crashed-and-burned, that's what I've done.

[gim]

[Darth-Baiter]

i recently took a promotion to supervisor.  i am shocked at how difficult personel issues can be.  it is the ONLY thorn in my side.  the job's Achilles.

 

some people suck.  i have one guy i cant fire, so we move him around.  he actually thinks he is a great employee and that is why other supervisors request him.  i dont have the heart to tell him it is because the supervisor lost, "paper, scissor, rock".

[Crappiebasser]

7 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

i recently took a promotion to supervisor.  i am shocked at how difficult personel issues can be.  it is the ONLY thorn in my side.  the job's Achilles.

That’s was a hard lesson to learn when I moved into management. It’s so much harder to get people to work than it is to do the work itself.

 

I have an employee we all call “First Day”. She’s been at the company 5 years and still has no idea how to do her job. HR of course thinks she’s awesome and won’t let me fire her.

[DitchPanda]

20 minutes ago, Crappiebasser said:

That’s was a hard lesson to learn when I moved into management. It’s so much harder to get people to work than it is to do the work itself.

 

I have an employee we all call “First Day”. She’s been at the company 5 years and still has no idea how to do her job. HR of course thinks she’s awesome and won’t let me fire her.

We have a guy on my crew whose the laziest person I've ever met. Knows the job fairly well and isn't a bad guy to talk to..but man getting him to do stuff is like trying to get blood from a stone. I joked one day that if you were burning to death he wouldn't put you out because its too much work to pull the pin on the fire extinguisher.

[slonezp]

On 10/25/2022 at 6:25 AM, 12poundbass said:

I have some that are always under performing, calling in pretty frequently, whining because they are always overloaded with work and always behind. Then they complain because they don’t get good raises, or move up in the company and someone with less times does. There’s no point in explaining to them their performance, attendance, and attitude might have something to do with it. 

I'm hosting a class tomorrow at my store afterhours. The intent is to obviously, generate sales, first and foremost. An equal intention is to educate my customers. I make this statement reluctantly but, let's face it, we live in a selfish world. If I can make money off my customers and my customers can make money off their customers because of their education....

 

My coworker/helper made a comment that when he worked for another company, they paid him for the after hours classes. I told him he doesn't need to stick around if he doesn't want to, he's not getting paid. I wouldn't hold it against him if he did not. He gets paid hourly. his pay stays the same year round as long as he punches in and out when he's supposed to. 

 

His hourly rate is more than mine. His paycheck is guaranteed. I work on commission. My pay fluctuates month to month. As much as I need the help, I'd go back working solo and overwhelmed, rather than take a pay cut. Nothing against him. Some people just have more of a will to survive. I am one of those people. 

[N Florida Mike]

20 hours ago, gimruis said:

Do people still take a bath these days?  Sitting in a tepid pool of your own filth?  Yuck.  We live in the 21st century now.  I thought everyone took showers instead.  You know, using gravity to wash yourself and then send it southward down the drain.

I used the word “bath” to mean cleaning himself , whatever the method. 

 

[J Francho]

The word for that is bathe

[Choporoz]

Typos, all....should say 'bathe'

[TOXIC]

Before I retired, my job required that I step in and “manage” people.  Could be as low as 30 and was as high as 200 depending on certain factors.  I can assure you, I’ve dealt with every conceivable HR nightmare there is plus some.  Inter office romances, drunk employees, thief’s, embezzlement, and on and on….doesn’t even get into performance issues, that’s the easy stuff?

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, TOXIC said:

Before I retired, my job required that I step in and “manage” people.  Could be as low as 30 and was as high as 200 depending on certain factors.  I can assure you, I’ve dealt with every conceivable HR nightmare there is plus some.  Inter office romances, drunk employees, thief’s, embezzlement, and on and on….doesn’t even get into performance issues, that’s the easy stuff?

Yeah we already knew you worked for Uncle Sam, that last sentence just confirms it 

[bigbassin']

On 10/26/2022 at 8:35 PM, Crappiebasser said:

 

 

I have an employee we all call “First Day”. She’s been at the company 5 years and still has no idea how to do her job. HR of course thinks she’s awesome and won’t let me fire her.

I joke around all the time that for some guys every day is there first day.

 

 I had a guy that did the exact same thing every single day for 8 months straight on a jobsite. We finish the job and move to a new project, exact same work as the previous project.

 

Work is identical, everyone’s task remained the same, same layout was provided to the crew. All of this is discussed at the start of shift.
 

I see him get out of the truck about 100’ away and stare at his drill like he’s never seen one before.

My phone starts to ring.

 

”Hey boss, what am I doing today.”

 

Same exact thing you’ve done for 8 straight months…