Today's title does not refer to myself, but rather to one of our team leaders who pretty much lost the plot today at work. Some may say she lost it a long time ago, but that's another story...
After an argument with her Senior Team Leader this morning over the state of her files, which then turned into an argument about workload, it was decided that it would be best for myself and the Senior Manager of the area to have a word with her.
Within seconds of entering, it was painfully apparent that the meeting was not going to be productive.
Every time we tried to steer the conversation towards what we could do to help, all we got in return was a broken record, harping on about workload and how her job is impossible.
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
Don't get me wrong, we all have bad days and I moan about my workload as much as anyone.
However, there is more than sufficient evidence (i.e. how all of the other team leaders perform with the same duties) to suggest that the job is far from impossible.
So, what started off as concern for someone's behaviour, with a view to finding a way to help, ended with her convincing both myself and her Senior Manager that she is in fact utterly incompetent.
Quite where we go from here is anyone's guess.
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