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I guess I was sleeping when I heard that if you're a goofball who forgets to do half her work, burps loudly at a conference your office is hosting (with clients in ear shot) and works about half the day that you get praised, rewarded with training and travel and are adored by all. But, if you are loyal, work hard and go above and beyond the call of duty...you don't. This is my delimma. I have a co-worker who has severe ADHD, is a total goof who barely works a 30 hour week. She wears holey jeans with my boss's approval and band t-shirts because she claims she just doesn't know how to shop. She is very likable, tall, thin, beautiful and and I enjoy her when she's not in a hyper place. But, she is obviously my boss's favorite employee and she gets praised and rewarded and is given opportunities I am not. I ask her to do things and she forgets to do them. I ask her not to do things and she forgets not to. My boss tells me to do so something ONE TIME and I do it. She asks my co-worker to do something five times and it might get done. So you can understand my frustration when my boss decides to send her to training that costs thousands of dollars to attend and, you guessed it. I'm not. I can't decide if what I'm delaing with here is jealousy or just a plain old fashioned case of teacher's pet. This girl has been a friend to me and I want to be excited for her. But she embarrassed me at this conference. She acted like a child. And, while I understand that we work with children and her playfulness is an asset, she doesn't know when to turn it off sometimes. It made me mad. I grew very tired of her because she just didn't dial it down. And I will not lie. I'm not in the happiest place in the world right now. I have a lot on my mind and have spent almost 9 days straight with my co-workers. So, you can imagine how tired I am of them. But I do believe that hard work should be rewarded. That professionalism should be honored and respected. She doesn't do that. And I just don't understand.
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Posted by ohigetit on 2008-02-25 21:37:20 | Rating: | Views: 49
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Ok I suggested Lotus Position in a later post which I read first and I'm working backwards here, so I'll add a little more: Lotus Position on your desk at work! I used to think there was justice in this world and eventually the goofballs I worked with would be caught in a pinch and scream my name for help--so far so bad. My boss once said that she never had to worry about me because I always ran a tight ship! I almost cried because I felt like it was a slap in the face. Nothing worse than feeling ignored because you are doing the right things. What a world!
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Posted by cwzywbt
on 2008-05-28 22:46:48
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