Am I over Reacting or Should I Report to The Manager?

Ljmason2695 on 10/04/2021 - 08:11

Hi Guys,

I am an IT Field Engineer which cover some area of melbourne, me and the other coworker share the same area. The workload which assign to me and him is not equally which usually i have more jobs than him.

But recently when i had 15 jobs a day and he only had 4-5 jobs, i asked him for help but he kept saying he's busy. The report we getting everyday which i closed 10 jobs/day and he only closed 3 jobs/day which i think its not fair for me to be working like this and it is happening 2-3 months already. I had told my team leader that i need help and asked politely that he can get someone to help me but he did not do anything

One day i have sent a text to my coworker asking him if he can help me with some jobs and he said hes busy he cant do it.I told him i have been busy for the last few months and closing 10 jobs/day which you only close 3 jobs how can you said your busy. He replied me which is "i am closing 3 jobs a day which is the manager can tell me not "fkn" you". I dont bother replied to that message.

Now i have accept the offer for a different role for a different company, i dont want another person whos covering my area that going to be working with him will be suffering. should i report the issue to my manager with a screen shot of the message? or should i leave it and let that coworker doing the same thing with someone else?

Please be nice to me :)

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Comments

  • Piranha2004 on 12/04/2021 - 13:28

    From experience, whinging to your coworkers about their workload vs yours doesnt work. Speak to your manager first rather than play the man (not his fault he only gets 3 or 4 jobs). I wouldnt worry about the message and simply move on. You may cross paths in the future so its just not worth it.

  • Bunglex on 12/04/2021 - 14:41

    I'm shocked at the amount of people that have said "move on, it's not your problem anymore". What a selfish attitude, he is the only worker that can complain without risking his own job etc and to see how many people would leave their co-workers in the ish is sad.

    • Cheaplikethebird on 12/04/2021 - 15:50

      You've got to invest your energies where they will be most effective. The opinion of a disgruntled outgoing employee likely won't be given much thought by management so you're better off saving yourself the worry and moving on.

      • squall3031 on 12/04/2021 - 23:16

        Yup. You got that right. Move on when you can. When you can't, just come to work, do less work and collect your pay on payday.

    • mini2 on 13/04/2021 - 14:05

      Unfortunately in IT, most people are there for themselves and the industry is smaller than you think. Who knows if OP pipes up, will that come back to haunt him later on?

      Agreed it's selfish but when your livelihood could be at risk, I think the 'move on, not your problem' attitude is appropriate.

  • squall3031 on 12/04/2021 - 15:48

    Mate, I have been in a similar situation as well. My colleague and I were supposed to be the team leaders for our team and a couple of months later after he was hired on fixed term contract, he didn't want to be the team leader and left all the work to me and He started coming to work late. My manager didn't do anything about it and even made him permanent.

    In the end, I gave up caring and I didn't bother to do more at work. I stopped giving ideas and be less proactive. It dawned on me that all the manager cares (in most of workplaces) is to see the work is done. Doesn't matter if the other one is lazy because the manager knows that the diligent worker will always pick up the slack and get the job done. Then money and promotion come rolling in the manager's pocket.

  • jv on 12/04/2021 - 16:37

    It sounds to me like you were harassing your coworker and finally he had enough?
    I'm surprised he didn't report you to HR.
    Obviously the work he had was a lot more complex and time consuming compared to the easy tasks you were given.

  • skidexa on 12/04/2021 - 20:21
    +1

    Love how people on here automatically assume op is in the wrong or that they know what kind of work they or their colleague gets. Typical

  • snoopster on 12/04/2021 - 22:38

    Nah OP, its not worth it.

    Just make sure on your last day, when you send a group email saying goodbye & good luck, slip the screenshot of the discussion in there. I think that should be the absolute most you do.

  • moo on 18/04/2021 - 11:20

    So, what’s the outcome? Did you resign?

  • petry on 26/04/2021 - 00:40

    mate you had a shit manager - good luck on your move - maybe you'll get a better boss…

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