Colleague not pulling her weight Posted: 12-10-07 22:16pm
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone was able to help
me. I work nights as a veterinary nurse. I
work from Weds to Weds and I get every
other week off. I also have a night
assistant who works with me and mainly
does the cleaning and occasionally helps
with the animals. The assistants work from
Mon to Mon.
My problem lies with one of the care
assistants who I finish my week with. She
is basically lazy. I don't mind helping
out with the cleaning (and I often do), I
see us as a team and we help each other
out to get all the jobs done. The thing is
I seem to be doing most of the cleaning as
well as looking after my inpatients. She
sits, chats and complains about how tired
she is. I know I finish my week as she is
starting hers and the fact I am already in
the swing of working nights. I understand
that, but I'm not like that when I start
my week.
We get a 2 hr break each in a 12hr shift.
Last week I went upstairs for my 2hr
break. When I came down I had found out
that she had only mopped the prep room
floor. In 2hrs!! I so had to rush round
and do the rest before the day staff come
in.
I try and talk to her about it but I
bottle out. I am rubbish at giving orders.
She knows her job. Shes been there 6
months longer than I have. I know she is
not like it with the other nurse, as the
nurse has told me.
Its really stressing me out and I am
starting to hate my job. What do I do?
I have started to feel really depressed
about the whole thing. It seems so stupid.
Why can't she just do her job.
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puzzld
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Posted: 12-13-07 12:51pm
hmm. that's a tough one. i'm not pulling
all of my weight as an art dir./graphic
designer currently but i know i'm not and
so does my boss. i've also made it a point
to let boss know how important my job is
and that i truly love it. but i am sick
right now. maybe she is sick too? not that
it's your responsibility to pick up her
slack at all but it might help if you know
more about her.
say if she confided in you about being
depressed or having some other mood
disorder then you could take that
information to motivate her. for example,
when she is complaining try to relate
verbally with her and then say that you
both need to get up and get going to help
the illness. does that make sense?? hope
it helps.
