Annoying things your work colleagues do all the time? #9

[EvilJigglypuff]

I genuinely just think people don’t care when they’re not responsible for cleaning. Pricks

 

[Samf2020]

When you bring food in for an occasion and someone decides they only want half of something. I've not caught who it is. I brought in cookies and someone took half of one and left the other half in the bag - who is going to want the other half that someone has touched cream cakes, someone cut a cream donut in half, there was cream everywhere. Just take the whole thing and bin what you don't eat!

They do that in my job. They do it to show they are so dainty they can only eat half of something.
I hate it because no one else can eat the bit left because your hands have been all over it.

 

[qqwertyy]

I work in a coworking space and I seem to be surrounded by a constant stream of corporate bullshit. It’s always men with booming voices on the phone too thinking they’re Jordan Belfort. You’re in digital marketing mate, calm down.

 

[cowtastrophe]

One of my colleagues has contempt for nearly everyone he works with and makes it clear. On Sunday morning, he told me that he’d removed himself from the team WhatsApp group (which is an operational group, not chatter and memes) because apparently we all talk shit and he’s not interested in anything we say unless it relates directly to him. This would explain why he failed to deal with a serious issue posted on the group on Saturday which I couldn’t deal with as I was already on another job. I’m sick of his rudeness and disrespect so I escalated it to the head of operations who is apparently furious with him.

 

[quinzel]

I hate management roles. I hate looking after other people. I’d rather just get paid my wage and care about myself only

 

[Captainmouse]

We had one of those, he would print off hundreds of pages. I would go to get my 2 pages, printer is not working as it ran out of paper. I refill and it continues his print job. Eventually I get my printing and he hits print again and someone else fills it for him as they need it.
The printer was in a teams office and they were constantly refilling it when it stopped. I was having a bad day and just said I was sick of him basically blocking use of the printer for hours at a time. I told him he needed to refill it and let other people use it as well.
The other team stopped filling it for him too, he went over thinking it would be all done and it was barely started. He genuinely couldnt see why we wouldnt do it for him anymore.

That’s where follow me printing really comes into its own. You send something to print and it gets queued, but until you physically go to the printer and swipe your card to start it printing, no more piles of anybody else’s printing, if it is out of paper and you fill it only you job comes out.

 

[it’s not been changed?!]

Being asked at 8.30 this morning what my plans are for next weekend. I’m trying to get through today after a 3 day weekend. I’ve not thought that far ahead, and no, I won’t ask you what you’re doing next weekend because I don’t really care.

 

[Pinkstuff]

Those anonymous surveys that companies send out. The surveys that aren’t actually anonymous. The surveys were we all rate our job satisfaction, how we rate our direct manager, what the company is getting right & wrong etc…

The results are in & my team scored rated me very high in terms of “does my direct manager value the importance of being supported in terms of mental health & well-being?” I was praised (via email) for taking the time to regularly check-in on my team. In fact, out of 2000 managers in the same role within the company worldwide, I scored in the top percentile..

How do they reward me? They add to my workload & basically tell me I have to train other managers on how to implement mental health well-being resources within their teams.

Infuriates me how if you do a great job at the company, they just add to your workload rather than giving you a bonus or taking the time to really thank you

 

[HumptyDumptyLou]

Our HR representative always ignores my emails. They kind of suck at actually interacting with the employees.

I worked for a global company and the head of HR, who was loved by everyone and wrote books on HR etc, used to tell anyone who asked that the purpose of HR is to protect the company from its employees.

 

[BoogleC]

Trouble is for some of those women, they're being told to train somebody who is just as likely on more money than them, for no additional salary and will then see the new, shiny ones promoted over them because 'they want to progress' as though nobody over 30 has ever wanted to do that themselves.

This reminds me of my first office job, a woman on a temporary contract was asked to train me, someone who had been offered the same job on a permanent contract, and would be replacing her. She was so kind to me and showed me the ropes, it wasn’t until afterwards I found out the situation and was mortified. But it must’ve been such a slap in the face being asked to train someone because you know the job so well but not valued enough to be retained by the company or rewarded

 

[April89]

Does anyone else stick to a job because they don’t know what else they’d do??

 

[emmer_moans]

Two of my managers keep trying to encourage me to move up from my current position.

No chance. Tons more responsibility for minimally better pay.

And I only have to do the minimum of people management in my current role. I'm not taking on any more. That's a mug's game.

AMEN! I have hit the top of my grade's pay scale as a non-manager due to being there 8 years but the next step up is a LOT more stress for a hundred quid more a month after taxes...and that post has been filled 3 times in 3 years so I'm not putting myself there for that minimal extra pay but lots more stress. I know myself I can't cope dealing with other peoples' stuff, I'd implode, so I am at peace with hitting my pay ceiling. I have anxiety most of the time and taking on extra work responsibility is just not a good fit for me. Younger me would be disappointed in me now, but with age I'm learning not everything that glitters is gold.

 

[it’s not been changed?!]

Turns out I’ve been doing something wrong that I was shown by someone senior. Chucked em under the bus and said that’s how I was told to do it 🫣

 

[April89]

When you ask if anyone wants anything from the shop and someone says…I’ll come with you!
No, don’t.

 

[EleanorRigby]

I can go one better, how about dealing with someone, that feels they have to outline your need to respond.
"I await your reply/urgent reply/immediate reply (insert as appropriate) by return". Absolutely infuriating, and turns me into the hulk every time I see it.
I wouldn't mind, but she only pops up once a blue moon. Its not fuckin Victorian Britain love.

I get this sometimes and it immediately results in the email being categorised as low priority.

 

[Samf2020]

Have a colleague who recently moved, they chose to buy that house knowing it would be a longer commute. Every single day they make a comment on how hard it is to get to the office, how the rain is making traffic worse etc.
They are just trying to get more remote days.
I have no sympathy they knew their hours before they bought that place its on them to shut up and get on with it.

 

[MyLittlePony25]

I have one colleague who clears his throat, fidgets constantly and scratches his butt (hand down the trousers) multiple times a shift

 

[MediumLoad]

I used to work with someone who do this. Years ago, in a call centre - she would pick off all her finger nails and leave them strewn all over the desk. We used to hot desk too so

She also claimed to be allergic to all fruits and vegetables, and ate flapjacks for breakfast.

I used to work with someone who was big into crystal healing woo.

Her desk was covered in them. If anyone mentioned not feeling great or any sort of illness, she would go to her desk, pick whichever crystal she felt was most appropriate and tell the lucky recipient that they could have a loan of it until it had done its healing work.

She didn't like our scepticism, so would go on some crystal healing forum to ask for advice. She would get the same advice every time "You need to buy more crystals from our online store."

Every now and again, there would be a mad rumble and clatter as her entire crystal collection would avalanche to the floor.

 

[it’s not been changed?!]

The amount of times I’ve seen staff (kids) texting on the shop floor in primark I even saw one guy hidden behind a stand full of socks with his phone propped up, resting on some socks, watching the football.

 

[Samf2020]

We once found an envelope of someone’s fingernail (and toenail!!!!!) clippings during a desk move. People are absolutely fucking rotten.

I worked in an office, it was odd but still supposed to be a place of work.
Heard a weird noise, looked up from my work to see an older male colleague cutting his toenails at his desk.
I gagged.