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Unfortunately, far too often, this is the situation. Most of modern work depends on others to do their part at the right time. If someone else does shoddy work, or delivers late, it impacts you. You have to redo their work or do extra to work around their mistakes. And if they're late, it puts you in a time crunch, especially if your phase of the work occurs toward the end of the process.
I've often seen management put all the pressure & blame on the last person/team in a process when in reality all the problems and delay happened before it ever got to you.
Compounding things, many managers aren't willing to confront their counterparts even though their team is the one taking the blame.
The management don't like confrontation so it is easier to blame someone else, especially when this colleague is so unapproachable. The manager knows this person would blow up.
Do not take direction from another department about what you should do. Maybe it is a training issue or maybe IT should make it a mandatory field. You should have presented the issue to your manager that the field is not getting inputted and you requested IT make it a mandatory field and their response. Let your manager decide the best way to fix the problem.
You did try to problem solve the issue the right way with IT but should have escalated it from that point to your manager for resolution. Always avoid fault finding and let your manager handle performance issues.
It appears you are not aware of office politics. What is done is done. Just keep you head low and do your job. Hopefully when a new person joins the organization, you will have someone for comradery.
I agree, I should not have listened to IT asking me to go to that line manager and should have gone through my own. Definitely not fault finding but it is vital this information is input on the system. I don't like the office politics and will go to my line manager about future issues.
You seem to have a knack for getting "too close" to your coworkers and expecting them to be friends with you. This isn't the first time you have come here complaining about your colleagues as they pertain to your social life, e.g., you friended some on social media and then didn't know how to untangle yourself from them. I'm friends with a lot of my coworkers, even former ones, but I only do so with people I am proud to say I worked with them, not ones who I am constantly having to go behind.
Also, since when is it OK to just not go into work because you feel uncomfortable being around a worker you chose to report? If you're going to talk the talk, you best walk the walk.
I don't want to be friends with them but the one in particular is manipulative and pretends she wants to be friends and pretends she is concerned when she does not care. She just wants people to do her work for her.
The management don't like confrontation so it is easier to blame someone else, especially when this colleague is so unapproachable. The manager knows this person would blow up.
That's management's problem. They shouldn't keep people that have attitude problems.
I don't want to be friends with them but the one in particular is manipulative and pretends she wants to be friends and pretends she is concerned when she does not care. She just wants people to do her work for her.
Then if you know this, stop responding to her at all. Let her hang herself with her own rope.
Then if you know this, stop responding to her at all. Let her hang herself with her own rope.
Thank you. I will do that now as it is affecting my mental health.
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