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Unmotivated teammate - unfair?

Paula

Dear everyone,

Hope you are all well. I was wondering advise what I should do. 

I have a nice and friendly colleague in HR department, I have a HR manager. My colleague and I share same KPI ( there is team KPI), we must work on tasks such as staff handbook, employee engagement survey analysis together , however based on my experience working with her, she is always very late, never turn up to meeting on time, always have a lot of excuses to delay the work or do the work , moods always fluctuating and I find her unprofessional , I tried nice ways to communicate with her during working with her, there was no progress, my manager knows however I have raised the problems with him subjectively but I think he is not going to do anything about it (or observe right now) .

I always initiate doing the projects and find it bit unfair for me to initiate all the time, can anyone suggest what I should have going forward? 

Thank you in advance,

Paula 

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  • Hi Paula

    Difficult situation, which may end up with your needing to decide whether or not the downsides of working alongside this colleague outweigh the upsides and that you need actively to seek alternative employment. Before then, it’s probably worth bringing up the matter a lot more seriously with your boss, pointing out all the difficulties and problems and that if this goes on you may well end up going elsewhere and then they’ll be in a right pickle! So what are they going to do about it? - you’re asking for some positive action from them that will influence your future decisions about the matter. Sometimes, putting a bit of capability or conduct improvement pressure on employees provokes them personally to decide to leave, but at this stage anything might happen.

    The possible outcomes might include stress and unpleasantness falling upon yourself, but if you really want to try and stay where you are, that might need to be tolerated at least temporarily
  • in reply to David
    Dear David. Thank you for the advice , I think based on observation with my manager, he is not going to proceed with capability , as it might not look good on him and the company. That’s as of now, I am not sure later. Or I think the manager is giving her another chance. And yes as of for me, I’m definitely liking this job the only downside is the colleague but otherwise I am ok. Thank you!
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  • in reply to David
    Dear David. Thank you for the advice , I think based on observation with my manager, he is not going to proceed with capability , as it might not look good on him and the company. That’s as of now, I am not sure later. Or I think the manager is giving her another chance. And yes as of for me, I’m definitely liking this job the only downside is the colleague but otherwise I am ok. Thank you!
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  • in reply to Paula

    This isn't necessarily a capability issue. They can do the job, but they aren't pulling their weight because it appears there no need seen by them to do so.

    It is really up to your boss to tell them they need to pull their socks up.  As a manager, `I'd not be thinking about using some  procedure.  I"d simply tell them off in plain English and tell them to pull their socks up.   Maybe  not very 'modern'  or woke, but its worked for trillions of the people  and won't waste anyone's time.   

    Meanwhile you can also ask them politely and tell them how you feel about what they are doing by being very specific and giving them examples.  I know many years ago in my youth being told to pull my finger out.  "Oy Dave, stop chatting and do some work", sort of thing.

  • in reply to David Perry
    Sorry for the late reply and many thanks for your comments Relaxed️
  • in reply to David Perry
    David, telling people in a firm and professional manner that they need to put equal effort into their work is as old as time. There's no woke about it.