Salaried employees who stroll into the office over a half hour after everyone has arrived and leaves exactly at 5:00. They know their boss doesn’t keep track of their whereabouts, so they come and go as they please. I know for a fact that particular ones are not putting in hours online in the evening and weekends to make up for this time.
Untrained or lazy employees who forward an email to random people / departments looking for help, and the subject matter has nothing to do with what our department handles. They CC others on the email to make it look like they are doing something, then the CC people bombard us with angry replies because we haven’t responded. So, it’s our problem to deal with since the original sender decided to punt the ball over to us.
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@dm Maybe they should be monitored, genius. Time to micromanage the micromanagers!
Does your job description include performance and attendance monitoring of any other employees?
If not, MYOB. Someone has that responsibility and it ain't you.
Are you really that devoted to sh---y Canon that you make sure everyone in your line of sight is giving a full, honest 8 hour workday, every day?
Find a hobby.
Pet Peeve #1: Endlessly Whining Sales Reps.
Pet Peeve #2: Endlessly Whining Sales Reps.
That is really some serious whining about something you have no control over. How in the world do you know they are not doing any work outside the office?
pet peeve #1 - self-appointed hall monitors who don't have enough of their own work to do and decide to occupy time by trying to monitor others.
stay in your lane and worry about yourself. that's plenty to keep you busy for months on end.