[blind_otter]

I'll try to make this short and succint. I have to train a co-worker to do a certain job while I am on maternity leave, and this job involves a quarterly deadline.

This co-worker has absolutely no sense of urgency and I am kind of pissed off at him. I have a stack of files which I organized by level of importance and I delivered them to his desk. He needs to go through all these files ASAP because they are due to the clients by April 29. Every file must go through him before they are finalized and approved and this process tends to take about 4-5 days.

But the files are all sitting on a shelf by his desk. He is doing work that could be done this summer, instead. I know he has 7 days until the deadline, but ideally we would get this **** out of here BEFORE then, rather than waiting until the very last minute.

What should I do? I don't want to be rude and bitchy to him, but he needs to get his ass in gear and get his priorities straight.

[Lookingforward]

Personally, I'd be rude & bitchy, and tell him just that. I'd also add that if there are any penalties for late filing and missing deadlines it will be deducted from his salary.

It's your job to make sure deadlines are met and you're training him to do your job. Maybe also tell him that he needs to be able to set priorities correctly or he won't be advancing.

[blind_otter]

Thanks for the advice. I don't know what to do, I really don't want to be a bitch about it but we share an office space and I find myself staring at the ever growing pile of files on his shelf.

I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt and I was hoping he would get to the files as soon as he was done with his project that could be done this summer....but he started a new one since then, and the pile on his shelf is growing bigger and bigger. I have hinted at the fact that he needs to get them done. He objected when I walked over to his desk and put ANOTHER stack on top of the stack that was already there and I told him to his face, "We need to get these out of the building by the 29th."

He has openly told me today that he does NOT want to do this work. I think he may be resentful about the fact that he has this work to do, but I can't help it. I have to go on maternity leave.

If he doesn't start going through those files by the end of the day I am going to go over his head and talk to one of the senior accountants about him not doing his job.

[tanbark813]

Are you going to get in trouble if he doesn't get the files out? If not, f**k him.

[curiousnycgirl]

Not sure when your leave starts, but if not for another few days then you have 2 options.

1. you can tell him you know he doesn't want to do it, but it is what it is, then offer to help him through the first few.

2. tell your supervisor you are a bit concerned that this coworker is too overloaded to take on those specific responsibilities.

Either way - you're outta there soon, so as Tan implied - who cares?

[hotgurl]

why don't you let him sink? I am surprised they don't hire a temp for your maternity leave.