opanihuya wrote...
Taking it to the boss because you're too nice to argue with them? Eh? Dude, ever heard about polite arguing. Like telling what you would have done/felt in their shoes. Only with the same amount of your usual politeness. Cuz I get that you come off nice and relating to them and that's why they bitch to you.
I do talk to them, and generally just like, mention if they are wrong about something.
It's annoying them that I keep correcting them, hah. Well, that and when I say how I'd feel in their shoes. They were complaining about the ex team leader recently, saying how much of a bitch she was, and how bad it was working with her. I said 'It wasn't anywhere near that bad' cause they were convincing the new leader that she was horrible. and they mentioned how I wasn't there for the start I said 'You have to admit, given the same circumstances, having two employees being abosolute shits, trying to turn everyone against you (ie, the two people the girls whinged about) you'd have been the same'
They agreed.
And, it's not really them bitching to me, they bitch to each other in front of us. Complain about the job fairly often to each other, and how much they hate people finding out what they do.
They also have a tendancy to just not do what they are paid to do. Which shits me when it happens. They just walk along and talk to each other.
The previous leader did tell me not to put them on drops together (as I was going to be taking over, but they thought I was too new, and valuable, apparently) as they don't knock at all, and fuck around.
Iunno, I'd feel like a taddle tale, but I have no idea what else I'd do. Say 'Oh hey, you guys should probably do some actual work' to have them say 'Who do you think you are? We get paid less than you, so we should be able to do less work' or something stupid along those lines. Or at least do it in front of me, and then whinge majorly behind my back, or whinge to the leader. It's a bit shit.
Of course, I don't want that to sound hypocritical. It just annoys me that they aren't doing what they get paid to do, and complain constantly, when there is at least 5,000 other people in the state that would be more than happy to take over the job, and have some stable income.