co worker taking too many breaks
By tikbalang56
@tikbalang56 (195)
United States
March 11, 2011 10:10pm CST
we had a female coworker who took so many break without finishing her task results i had to finished her job results iam always getting out late not on time since we are not allowed to do an overttime my shift starts at 12pm- 8:30pm i have to be out by 8:30pm instead i was 1 hr late late clocking out at 9:30pm i said to my self this is not fair it happen again finally i had to complain to my supervisor about her not finishing her job another coworker told me not to do it it happen again for the third time by not finishing her job i had to do it again the next day my supervisor asks me what time did you clock out i told him around 9:30pm he told me you are supposed to out by 8:30pm? yes i had to finished her job it. 2 days later my supervisor told me to keep quiet why she will be fired today immediately she came to work the superivsor called her and told her that you are fired! why she was playing the DS nintendo in the breakroom finally we got break after my supervisor fired the lazy coworker it improved finally i was able to go home early.
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10 responses
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
13 Mar 11
oh i think you just did what you have to do. people will not learn and make others do their work for them while they go on breaks, surf the net, or play games but then... you as a co worker have to work twice as much.. which means it could be better that you should be alone than have someone with you but is not helping youat all!
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
12 Mar 11
Hi, tikbalang56. You was so nice enough to finish her job for her.
She is so ungrateful to care not in the least. That is why she is now fired. She has to understand that her boss is not going to let her slide and slide. Sooner or later, the truth will come out. How can an DS Nintendo be so important than her own job that is paying her?? It is sad that you spent extra hours doing her job, while you clocked out later on.
You could have been gone and doing other things that you had to do for yourself. It is bad that this coworker cares more about having leisure time on her job, than she does when it comes to working.
She is so ungrateful to care not in the least. That is why she is now fired. She has to understand that her boss is not going to let her slide and slide. Sooner or later, the truth will come out. How can an DS Nintendo be so important than her own job that is paying her?? It is sad that you spent extra hours doing her job, while you clocked out later on. You could have been gone and doing other things that you had to do for yourself. It is bad that this coworker cares more about having leisure time on her job, than she does when it comes to working.
@wendimac (16)
• Canada
12 Mar 11
Unfortunately, this kind of thing happens in many workplaces. It's not fair when you have to pick up someone else's slack, especially when it is causing you to lose some of your free time. I can't begin to tell you how many lazy people I have had to work with over the years. And no one ever fired them!! I am glad that your situation worked out. Now maybe you will get out at the right time, and not have to do other peoples' work.
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
12 Mar 11
Hi tikbalang56, it's very unfortunate to work together with workmate that is irresponsible. It doesn't matter if he or she leaves earlier than he should for acceptable reason. But it's not allowed to to take advantage by playing traunt and let other to follow up his unfinished task often.
I'm glad that your supervisor had learned that what was happening actually and fired the irresponsible coworker finally And you don't have to do the undesired extra work anymore and can back to home as soon as the office hour is over 
Happy posting
And you don't have to do the undesired extra work anymore and can back to home as soon as the office hour is over
Happy posting
@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
12 Mar 11
Are you working in call center? I think your boss is very efficient getting lazy worker out of the company. And you are right you have give her chances and she still do it. So its her fault for getting fired.
@lynnemg (4529)
• United States
12 Mar 11
It sounds like you did what you had to do in this situation. There would have been no good reason to allow yourself to get into trouble for working too late and jeopardize your own job for her. I am sure that it wasn't easy having to tell your supervisor that your co-worker wasn't completing her job and that ou were having to do it, but in this case, I think that you did the right thing. Glad to know that things are getting better for you now.
@superjae (58)
• Canada
12 Mar 11
I think you were right in telling the supervisor, but before that did you try to talk to the coworker first? Maybe talk to them about her breaks and how you feel about always staying later to finish her tasks, work out a compromise or something. Of course if that doesn't work telling the supervisor as a last resort is the right thing. It sounds like your coworker needs a push in the right direction and stop being lazy, and maybe her getting fired will help bring her back to reality. (:
