I am a bit of a situation at work, I have been for a while. I am so blessed to be able to work at home. I work for a company that is pretty small but we serve a big client base. My problem is two of my coworkers are totally abusing the work at home policy. One will clock in and go back to bed in the morning & gets away with it. He will sit his status to "Calls" so he won't be disturbed & take a few hours off to mess around at home. He is my manager only in title b/c he has been there longer than me. The other took a vacation while taking no time off b/c he had internet on his phone and asked me & my manager to cover for him. He and my manager are best friends so this works out great for them. I even found out from them that they have my bosses email password and have been reading her emails. I feel I should say something about all of this but if I do and they get in trouble, they will know that I ratted them out b/c I am the only other one that knows. Obviously, I can't send an email to let my bosses know either. My company is strange, it will not fire people for the fear of paying unemployment. If they want you gone, they will make life miserable for you until you do quit. So knowing that these two would not get fired would make life miserable for me. We have no official "HR" department, but again, even if they did, the information I feel I should let my bosses know is known only by me & the other two involved. What's a mama to do?
@ H&H Mama - No their work is not getting done. We have specific support hours that are to be worked & theirs is not getting done. :(
@ Toni - A whiner? How is asking for advice to report illegal activity (hacking into someone's email whining? Blessings to you as well
They are in the IT department so I can't really suggest a virus & passwords need to be changed but that was a great idea. I guess its gone on this long I should just let it be & hope Karma gets them
I would let my boss know about the email in a very diplomatic and roundabout way. She might have given it to your manager at some point to check her email for HER, so be careful. As far as them being dishonest about their schedule..don't go there unless she asks. There are dishonest people like that in every job, don't try to beat that dead horse!
You can ignore it, or you can call up your manager and give a brief description of whats going on. The one who is sleeping in, is he still handling is work load?
As for the email checking, that is a felony and I would absolutely report that.
You have two colleagues that are good friends, one is your manager. Do you know what kind of relationship they have with the big boss? Is it possible that your manager was given his bosses password? I have been asked in the past to review my bosses email and let him know which ones should be a priority because he got so much mail.
I don't know how long you have been with the company, but from an HR point of view, you seem to be a bit of a complainer. Unless your colleagues are putting their work off on you and causing you to be unable to carry your own work load, I would just continue to do the best job you can. Management will eventually catch on if these two are not performing.
Blessings....
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Email: I would say something in a round about way to your manager about changing her password. Bring up being hacked on facebook or something. Make a comment about you having to change your password because you thought someone had gotten into your account, etc.
As for the work at home thing, that's a tough one to fix and prove. The only way to prove that would be to have someone higher up try to call them during the time in question. If you covered for an employee that was 'on the clock' but was really on vacation, you could get in trouble for stealing from the company.
Kansas is a 'right-to-work' state which means that the employees can be fired with cause, which you just stated. The company would not have to pay them unemployment. You can only collect unemployment if you are laid off. Not if you are fired.
M.
If they are doing their jobs it shouldn't matter if they are sleeping all day - perhaps they are working all night?
I work from home as well and it's my biggest pet peeve when others try to dictate my schedule - as long as my job is getting done (and well) then it really shouldn't matter to anyone else when said work is getting accomplished.
On the flip side - if they aren't doing their jobs and it's effecting YOUR ability to get your job done - then definitely say something.
As for the email...sticky at best...i would do like others have recommended and suggest password change.
good luck
This may not be the right answer, but I'm curious how this directly affects you...? I know that there is a fine line between not saying anything & lying, but if you know that you would be the only one to end up suffering if you did speak up about it, why would you even consider doing that? At the most I think I would document all of this behavior on a secure, totally separate computer or even in a notebook for that matter so that they wouldn't have access to it. That way, if it ever does come to light & you're questioned about why you didn't say anything about it, at least you've got yourself covered in a way.
I don't know what I would do (these things backfire no matter what you do, it seems like) but I can tell you one thing...I wish I had your job! How lucky you are!!!! :)
