Coworker driving me bonkers!
In April of this year, my work situation seriously changed. I'd gotten this new job in January, to assist another woman with their Accounting department. Then, in April, they fired the other woman, upgraded me to her position, and hired me an assistant. I got along great with the first woman. I generally do not get along well with the new woman though. And mainly, I'm fairly certain the reason we don't get along is because 1) she was hired under terrible circumstances and through bad firm management, and 2) they IMMEDIATELY changed the office layout so that she and I had to go from having our own offices to sharing one office. They took away my lovely furniture and lovely office atmosphere and changed it to a small-ish office space shared with the new girl.
So the new girl, who says she knew Timeslips, our billing program, was then sharing this space with me.. and I was teaching her how to do everything from 5 feet away. Now because the atmosphere is so different from any I've ever worked in for training, i can't tell if the problems are because she is just that incompetent, or if its that she never grew her own training wheels because we're sharing the same space. Dad says its because I'm just too efficient/competent, that no one else can compare. But she is DRIVING ME UP A WALL.
She asks questions CONSTANTLY. She's been here four months, and she's still asking to make sure she understands what she is doing. I'm pretty sure I had nearly everything down pat by end of month 2, almost end of month 1. I have a feeling if we were in two different offices, separated by at least SOME space, then she'd try to figure things out on her own before coming to me for help. Instead, because all it really takes is a voiced word or two.. she's never gotten the confidence to do things on her own. Oh, and she gets flustered really really really fucking easily. One thing goes wrong, and she throws up her hand and blames the computer and whines that the computer hates her. (She's 50.. maybe its a generational thing...) And you know how often that one thing is fixed the minute i have her do it again with me standing over her shoulder? Or how that one-thing-wrong never duplicates when I try to emulate her mistake on my computer? ................... She also NEVER tinkers with stuff to try and figure out a fix. If it doesn't work..its the computer's fault (obviously)... and it just CAN'T be done.. even though I've been doing it for months and years. She refuses to just..play.. with stuff to figure it out before coming to me for help. Oh, and she talks to herself. And let me tell you how annoying THAT is.
Yep, I'm definitely getting to the breaking point with her. I've tried to tell my boss that she just isn't working out. Hell, I can do this job BY MYSELF. I honestly don't need the assistant, there just simply isn't enough work for the two of us. I spend half my month (every month) doing pretty much nothing. But the firm is willing to pay a second person so that they don't have to wait for an answer in those few times I need time off. Its stupid. I honestly think the firm would do fine without a second person. But my boss doesn't want to admit she screwed up with hiring her.. so we won't let her go unless she really does something wrong. I'm just so tired of the whole situation. And I really wish I knew of a way to make it better.
So the new girl, who says she knew Timeslips, our billing program, was then sharing this space with me.. and I was teaching her how to do everything from 5 feet away. Now because the atmosphere is so different from any I've ever worked in for training, i can't tell if the problems are because she is just that incompetent, or if its that she never grew her own training wheels because we're sharing the same space. Dad says its because I'm just too efficient/competent, that no one else can compare. But she is DRIVING ME UP A WALL.
She asks questions CONSTANTLY. She's been here four months, and she's still asking to make sure she understands what she is doing. I'm pretty sure I had nearly everything down pat by end of month 2, almost end of month 1. I have a feeling if we were in two different offices, separated by at least SOME space, then she'd try to figure things out on her own before coming to me for help. Instead, because all it really takes is a voiced word or two.. she's never gotten the confidence to do things on her own. Oh, and she gets flustered really really really fucking easily. One thing goes wrong, and she throws up her hand and blames the computer and whines that the computer hates her. (She's 50.. maybe its a generational thing...) And you know how often that one thing is fixed the minute i have her do it again with me standing over her shoulder? Or how that one-thing-wrong never duplicates when I try to emulate her mistake on my computer? ................... She also NEVER tinkers with stuff to try and figure out a fix. If it doesn't work..its the computer's fault (obviously)... and it just CAN'T be done.. even though I've been doing it for months and years. She refuses to just..play.. with stuff to figure it out before coming to me for help. Oh, and she talks to herself. And let me tell you how annoying THAT is.
Yep, I'm definitely getting to the breaking point with her. I've tried to tell my boss that she just isn't working out. Hell, I can do this job BY MYSELF. I honestly don't need the assistant, there just simply isn't enough work for the two of us. I spend half my month (every month) doing pretty much nothing. But the firm is willing to pay a second person so that they don't have to wait for an answer in those few times I need time off. Its stupid. I honestly think the firm would do fine without a second person. But my boss doesn't want to admit she screwed up with hiring her.. so we won't let her go unless she really does something wrong. I'm just so tired of the whole situation. And I really wish I knew of a way to make it better.