Can I change jobs in the company?

stressedatwork123

Hello everyone

I am hoping someone can help me??

I currently work in the sales office at a small family business. I have been here almost 4 years now and there are only 4 people in my department.

Someone new started in the office earlier in the year doing the same job as me. He isn't very good at his job and has had extensive training from our boss but still does not seem to improve. I have told my boss about this on numerous occasions with informal chats but he doesn't appear to be interested. My boss has just been off on holiday for a month and my colleagues work has gotten worse and worse. It is now at a point that I spend over half of my working day correcting his mistakes and I am having to work overtime to do so!

I turned up to work today to be told by my boss (who returned today from hols) that my colleague has raised a grievance about me and my attitude/comments towards him.

Firstly, this is completely untrue and fabricated, the "situations" in the grievance are a figment of his imagination and I believe that the grievance has only been raised to prevent any form of action being taken against him for the quality of his work. I have always been patient and kind towards him when telling him about the mistakes and suggested ways to avoid them in the future but it seems to fall upon deaf ears.

With the situation now getting out of hand and nothing being done I do not wish to work in the office anymore. I love working for the company though and get on well with everyone and would hate to leave so I am going to ask my boss for a job within a different department as I cant take the emotional and mental stress anymore, it is not only affecting my work but also my personal life

I would like to let my boss know I am not happy to work with someone who would go so far out of their way to ruin my reputation like this and I don't want to work with him any more. The working relationship is now beyond repair.

If I request a change of job, does my employer have to facilitate this or is it a case of "like it or lump it?"

As said I do not wish to leave the company as I love it there, but cannot take this any longer. My only other alternative is to look for another job but I don't want to leave! I have never had a colleague do this before and generally get on with everyone but this is just ridiculous and I feel I am being pushed out and cannot do anything to stop it

xapprenticex

This is work not school. You clearly dont respect him or like him, thats up to you but im not buying that his claim is TOTALLY unfounded.

No, the employer doesnt have to give you a new job because you dont like your colleague. And you have not been pushed out, THAT is in your head imo. You seem to be over reacting.

ohreally

An allegation has been made, it should be investigated.

stressedatwork123

xapprenticex wrote: »

This is work not school. You clearly dont respect him or like him, thats up to you but im not buying that his claim is TOTALLY unfounded.

No, the employer doesnt have to give you a new job because you dont like your colleague. And you have not been pushed out, THAT is in your head imo. You seem to be over reacting.

No, I do not like or respect him anymore, that's gone flying out the window with such a ridiculous grievance is made against me.

It is totally unfounded, 2 of the allegations are from when I was not even there. There is also CCTV within the whole premises which will be reviewed and can disprove the majority.

ohreally wrote: »

An allegation has been made, it should be investigated.

Yes I am perfectly happy for it to be investigated. I have nothing to hide, just no longer wish to work with someone who will go out of their way to ruin my reputation

DCFC79

You can ask if theres another job you can do.

Why are you doing overtime ?

Clock in and out at your normal time, if yourcolleague hasn't done x and x then its not your fault but his.

stressedatwork123

DCFC79 wrote: »

You can ask if theres another job you can do.

Why are you doing overtime ?

Clock in and out at your normal time, if yourcolleague hasn't done x and x then its not your fault but his.

I am having to do overtime as over half of my day is currently spent correcting his mistakes. I am also working during lunch times and break times to try and stay afloat with the increased work load.

Whilst I would love for that to be the case, my colleague seems to accept no responsibility for his mistakes and will not do anything to resolve them so it is left to me. I am not a confrontational person and will avoid it at all costs so I have to just take it on the chin. As I also answer the majority of phone calls, it is me that gets it in the neck from customers and he point blank refuses to speak to them

xapprenticex

you really need to man up then,not being mean but you are choosing to be a mug in this scenario. dont let your company take advantage of you like that.

[Deleted User]

Perhaps your employer is one of them who believes you should give new people actual time to settle in? Some although it is a rarity granted, could, be of the impression a new person is still new even up to 2 years later.

You can ask for another job but as you acknowledge the company is small. If the vacancy doesn't exist you could be looking at having to leave.

As someone once did to me, on leaving they gladly told me I would suffer the same fate after watching them forced out and it turned out they were actually right, she said once they get someone else in, I'd had it
So you could warn this guy, keeping it friendly just make him think on what would happen if there was a newbie after him!! (In the end I had no hard feelings toward the above ex colleague now and they were one of the only ones I've still kept in with tbh! I'm not kidding! It did turn out her leaving was my downfall with who they hired afters, a set up if one did exist) to be frank I'd always feel better not letting it eat me any further and prefer remembering the better times, to the point I'm often guilty of forgetting how I felt leaving the depot, if I stayed would I have become more bitter/resentful/cross/frustrated. Easily. The new person wasn't going anywhere who had been told they didn't have to answer phones and annoyingly were actually rather nice and more in the management age group then I ever was.

Not worth the agro when you don't have the boss on side I'm afraid. You could be just stitching yourself up.

bugslet

xapprenticex wrote: »

you really need to man up then,not being mean but you are choosing to be a mug in this scenario. dont let your company take advantage of you like that.

I have to say, I wonder why you are correcting his mistakes. If he's had a reasonable time to learn then I'd leave it to him or share the sorting out with the other people in the office. Do they feel the same as you, that he isn't performing well.

Your employer doesn't have to find you another job in the company, though they may if it's possible.

I suggest you give it one more go talking to the boss that you feel he isn't learning fast enough ( though I'd make sure the others thought similarly and if they don't, question yourself), and that you are unhappy enough to seek employment elsewhere. Your boss should then monitor his performance to see if your assertion is correct, if s/he finds it is, take steps to train him better or get rid of him if he is actually no good. If your boss finds that actually he is OK, then you need to be prepared to either stick it out or leave.

steampowered

The employer doesn't have to do anything here.

You can ask to be moved to an alternative role. The employer can say no. If you don't like that, you can leave and find a job somewhere else.

It is difficult to know without the full story, but it sounds like you are massively overreacting. I'm afraid that dealing with frustrating people is a normal part of working life.

If someone keeps making unfounded allegations they will soon find themselves marked as a troublemarker and nobody will pay much attention.

The key is that you don't get dragged down with them - don't start rolling around in the mud. Asking the employer to sit and watch hours of CCTV footage is unreasonable, you need to try to move on to this rather than turning it into a tit-for-tat.

NineDeuce

No the employer doesnt have to change job for you. If this was the case, then technically, you could say that you demand being appointed chief executive on the basis that you dont like somebody else in the cleaning department.