Pet Hates at Work

[TiredOfLife]

It's not unheard of for people to be allowed to go for promotion, just to get rid of them.
Another reason why the worst staff can end up on more dosh.

[Harrison]

That happened to one guy I used to work with. He was hated by all so they accepted his promotion to line-manager, but that didn't work because then whole sections of people started to hate him, so they promoted him to shift manager, where he was mostly stuck in his office with paper work (better) but he still escaped the office from time to time to annoy everyone in the office! So the solution? The dangling of a nice shiny promotion in the form of the main overall manager of another office! RESULT! He took the bait and he moved! That was a great day and the office threw a leaving party. Strangely he wasn't told about the party or where it was being held, so missed it.

[TiredOfLife]

Explains why the country is in the state it is in, but what can you do?
Celebrate when they Armani off, I suppose.

[J T]

So the solution? The dangling of a nice shiny promotion in the form of the main overall manager of another office! RESULT! He took the bait and he moved! That was a great day and the office threw a leaving party. Strangely he wasn't told about the party or where it was being held, so missed it.

BWAHAHAHAHA

Nice touch!

I have a few minor peeves (generally covered here already), but generally the people i work with -and especially the people I work with closely- are a top bunch.

[toomanymikes]

My pet hates are:
Showing people how to do something and it becomes obvious they arent listening as they go and cock it up again straight away.
People talking over you when your trying to have a conversation. Wait your turn!
Lazy folk - not so bad if the work they do is good but when they dont do anything and the work they produce is naff - I hate that.
Office politics - its not what you know but who; Cant stand it when people suck up to complete swines just cos it furthers their career.
Negative, pessimistic folk that are only too happy to point out someones flaws but do not have the ability to praise anyone when deserved. I always try to give praise 10 times more than I complain about performance, its hard but people tend to work better when they feel they are doing something wothwhile.
Nepotism!
It may sound like quite a long list but I actually do like the majority of people I work with!

[FOL]

My pet hates are,

Being asked to do something, then being told not to, then getting in trouble for not doing what i was told originally. ITS LIKE "HELLO".

[Harrison]

That annoyed me too, and I've been in that situation loads of times. The old expression "Too many chefs..." fits perfectly. It has amazed me over the years how department heads or Line Managers never communicate for pass information on, so they then don't know what is actually happening through the whole building/company.

[TiredOfLife]

Hmm, I can relate to the last couple pf postings.

I moved office after a promotion a few years back.
Got a phone call from one of the lads I used to work with asking how the job was.
My reply?
New faces, same old shit.

It would seem that the crap that goes on in my workplace goes on everywhere else as well.

[toomanymikes]

It's not unheard of for people to be allowed to go for promotion, just to get rid of them.
Another reason why the worst staff can end up on more dosh.

TiredOfLife - that wasnt you was it? OJ

[TiredOfLife]

It's not unheard of for people to be allowed to go for promotion, just to get rid of them.
Another reason why the worst staff can end up on more dosh.

TiredOfLife - that wasnt you was it? OJ

Bollocks, dropped myself right in it.
Bit low using my own words against me.