Timeline for Co-worker always asks me to do small things when they aren't my responsibility
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| Sep 29, 2022 at 13:59 | comment | added | Kilisi | If Katy asks why I want the file I don't know, if she asks why he doesn't ask himself, I don't know. Best if he does things himself | |
| Sep 29, 2022 at 6:38 | comment | added | Mad Physicist | @AndrewSavinykh. Same direct message, but phrased more professionally than "it's your problem" | |
| Sep 29, 2022 at 1:06 | comment | added | Andrew Savinykh | When I tried to pull something like OP's colleague, the answer was "I'll leave it up to you to arrange that at your convenience". That was polite and unambiguous, at least for me. They were right of course. | |
| Sep 27, 2022 at 15:54 | comment | added | user79963 | I think this is the most effective way to communicate that they need to own their own work details. The "I'm busy" answer takes a lot longer to get across that this is the real reason. I do like the saying "No is a complete sentence". | |
| Sep 27, 2022 at 12:05 | comment | added | Kilisi | @Nelson yeah, I used to do stuff like that. But found that it's just best to make it quick. They tell me to do something, I tell them politely to do it themselves as it's their issue to solve. Dancing around comes to the same thing in the end if they don't get it, but takes a lot longer and can end up involving others and accusations and other nastiness. | |
| Sep 27, 2022 at 4:07 | comment | added | Nelson | I would say something like "Hmm, I'll see if I get around to it when it is convenient. If it's important though, you should talk to her directly." It's all about liability. It's a "best effort" scenario, and I cannot be held responsible. The moment someone tries to push responsibility on me that I shouldn't be taking, I tell them that and simply state I can't be responsible for that, because I have other things to be responsible for. | |
| Sep 27, 2022 at 0:03 | history | edited | Kilisi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 26, 2022 at 23:58 | history | answered | Kilisi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |