Double Standards and work inequity

Unfotunately that's most everywhere. I say fix it the old-fashioned way, get the rest of you who are pulling your weight, drag out back and.... Just kidding. The "personal life" excuses never fly with me. "Leave your baggage at the door." That's what I would tell her. And I don't care who you are or how bad you think things are. It gives you no right to treat people like dirt. If y'all are on the same level of the hierarchy, you "weight pullers" need to have a little sit-down with her and tell her to shape up. After that, work up the chain of command 'til it gets fixed. If nothing happens after all that, then drag her out back....

Good luck!!

My wife see's other nurses where she works (not all, just a select few) come in an hour early, clock in and sit and read the paper. They're padding their paychecks and no one does anything about it. The clinic is part of a big corporate health care chain and no one cares. Any guesses why medical costs are out of control!

Edited by rookie44 2004-12-10 1:49 PM

Nothing can be done if nobody complains. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Don't be afraid to speak up. You aren't a "rat", rather someone with integrity. Do something about it. If the outcome isn't to your liking, get another job.

We have simple/effective ways in the military to take care of "problem" folks such as this one. Boy, were they very effective.

Those were the days.......


Edited by Steve- 2004-12-10 5:12 PM

I hear ya!! 
I had an easy out for that..... I worked in payroll.... and I'd do the adjustments, come paycheque time, there'd always be ONE complaint, from same type of person you are describing.  Not everyone can do that, so I guess (easier said than done) do your own work, & let theirs slack?!?!!?  see what happens.... 

And if you smoke, you get breaks all the time! while in school and such, I would wait tables and such, and my 'colleagues' were always out back.....
I have a number of habits I do not partake in while working, so just deal with it!

I spent many years (basically the '90s) in one of the most highly disciplined special operations military units around. I mean, you could actually get "fired" and shipped out to a conventional army unit if you didn't do your job to standard. It was called RFS, or "relieved for standards". Wouldn't that be nice to have in the rest of the world? "I'm sorry. You're ineffective. Pack your bags. Don't let the door hit you in the @ss on the way out."

When I got out and took a civilian job, I nearly had a stroke when I saw just the day to day laziness, incompetence, lack of attention to detail, and failure to work as a team. What was even more alarming was that mediocrity is just accepted as status quo. I would get headaches, like an icepick right in the forehead, just looking at some people! I'm convinced there is only way to deal with it, and that's to adhere to your own standards and block out what everyone else does or fails to do. It's the only way to be around people like that. Whether they get what they deserve or not, the odds are you will be rewarded for hard work. Best of luck to you. If all else fails, think of a happy place.