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Hellooo!
So I am lucky to be starting a new job on Monday. Can't say I'm thrilled, but hey, it's work.
One of the most irritating things about working with a team, is laziness. I personally believe we should all do what we gotta do.. so we can get by the day and GO HOME!! When I hear things like "DAT AINT MAH JAB!!" or "DIS AINT IN MAH JAB DESCRIFTION".. it.. makes me terribly, terribly angry. Now, I'll be working in a law firm, and I'll be working an office services team; we'll be responsible for creating books, signs, labels, etc for the attorneys. Pretty basic, pretty simple stuff.. but i've been there before..and it's so contagious. It takes one person to infect an another.. and when you're a team of 8 and 7 others have been infected with the dat aint mah jab bug.. it's maddening.
One of the other things, is usually the people like that.. somehow, someway, never get reprimanded. Their laziness goes unnoticed, and the people who make up for their slack... also go unnoticed...
So, how do you deal? My last job was so infected with that virus..that it drove me to quit. I just want to go work, do what I need to do and go home, but it is hard when other people are just useless, classless, and get away with so much
I really hope these people turn out OK...but I've been wrong too many times taking jobs in Philadelphia.. lol..
You haven't even started the job, so why predict such a scenario?
I understand your desire to "get by the day and go home." But don't concern yourself so much with other theoretical members of your theoretical team, and their theoretical attitudes. That's Management's concern; you're not paid (nearly enough!) to worry about it.
I've heard, but I really am not familiar with it. Will google in a bit.. lol
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Originally Posted by Zenstyle
You haven't even started the job, so why predict such a scenario?
I understand your desire to "get by the day and go home." But don't concern yourself so much with other theoretical members of your theoretical team, and their theoretical attitudes. That's Management's concern; you're not paid (nearly enough!) to worry about it.
I understand, just normally a pessimist since I'm so accustomed to this behavior at work, it just seems like the norm It just gets me when I (or anyone in that situation) gets 'stuck' doing more because someone else doesn't want to.
One of the other things, is usually the people like that.. somehow, someway, never get reprimanded. Their laziness goes unnoticed, and the people who make up for their slack... also go unnoticed...
So, how do you deal?
I fire them. I'll never forget when I stumbled upon a new-hire arguing with the receptionist. The receptionist had called her to pick up a package that was delivered for her. She was refusing to take it, saying it was too heavy for her. I picked it up with one hand, tossed it back and forth between my hands, and swung it over my head, asking, "This is too heavy for you?" I'm a tiny woman. The box weighed 5lbs tops. Then she said, "Carrying boxes is man's work." She was a Russian immigrant---maybe it was cultural. I decided she could be another employer's problem, and I fired her a month later after she proved to be unwilling to do many things.
How do you deal with it as a new employee? Just do the best job possible and don't let other people infect you with negativity.
One of the most irritating things about working with a team, is laziness. I personally believe we should all do what we gotta do.. so we can get by the day and GO HOME!! When I hear things like "DAT AINT MAH JAB!!" or "DIS AINT IN MAH JAB DESCRIFTION".. it.. makes me terribly, terribly angry. Now, I'll be working in a law firm
Are you sure you work at a law firm because it sounds like you work at a McDonalds.
In all seriousness, I agree with the point that YOU HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED YET, therefore you have no idea what your co-workers' work ethic will be.
That's why working in teams is worthless. When will people learn that not everybody is going to be on the same wavelength. I guess never.
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Originally Posted by h0tmess
Hellooo!
So I am lucky to be starting a new job on Monday. Can't say I'm thrilled, but hey, it's work.
One of the most irritating things about working with a team, is laziness. I personally believe we should all do what we gotta do.. so we can get by the day and GO HOME!! When I hear things like "DAT AINT MAH JAB!!" or "DIS AINT IN MAH JAB DESCRIFTION".. it.. makes me terribly, terribly angry. Now, I'll be working in a law firm, and I'll be working an office services team; we'll be responsible for creating books, signs, labels, etc for the attorneys. Pretty basic, pretty simple stuff.. but i've been there before..and it's so contagious. It takes one person to infect an another.. and when you're a team of 8 and 7 others have been infected with the dat aint mah jab bug.. it's maddening.
One of the other things, is usually the people like that.. somehow, someway, never get reprimanded. Their laziness goes unnoticed, and the people who make up for their slack... also go unnoticed...
So, how do you deal? My last job was so infected with that virus..that it drove me to quit. I just want to go work, do what I need to do and go home, but it is hard when other people are just useless, classless, and get away with so much
I really hope these people turn out OK...but I've been wrong too many times taking jobs in Philadelphia.. lol..
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