'I complained about my colleague and got appalling text response from our boss'

24 June 2024 , 11:33

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The woman was left horrified at the text she received from her boss (Stock Image) (Image: Getty Images)

There's nothing worse than having a colleague who doesn't pull their weight.

When you're doing enough work for the pair of you and you're not getting any additional credit, it can be seriously demotivating - you may even want to spill the beans to your boss to let them know what's going on behind the scenes.

But when one woman did just that, she was mortified with the horrible text paragraph she received from her boss, telling her she was a "snitch" and a "tattle tale".

Taking to Mumsnet, the woman explained how her colleague's "laziness" is impacting her work. "We both clean in a restaurant. It's just me and her, no supervisors. She is extremely lazy, doesn't do her work, leaves dirt and mess in her area, and leaves most of the work to me. Often sits around on her phone," she explained.

One time, when she confronted the woman about the "mess" she'd left, her colleague responded by saying: "I don't care, shut up, you are so annoying and you are not my boss."

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"Management is often angry at us on WhatsApp and often complains about the mess and dirt she leaves. We both get blamed for her lazy horrible cleaning," the woman fumed, saying that she'd tried to speak to her colleague and been told to "shut the f**k up".

She went on: "After 6 months of this and yet another angry complaint hinting they’ll fire us, I had enough and contacted the cleaning company boss, asking him to please speak to her and that the area they were angry about, was hers."

The response she received, however, left her reeling. Her manager replied: "She never blames you [...] We do not blame each other. Snitching is gross behaviour [...] You are both a team and should work together! You are being an annoying snitch. A tattle tale. Just disgusting behaviour from you. Stop snitching, I don’t want to hear it."

In the comments, people were horrified and urged the woman to "please get another job". One fumed: "Leave. Hardworking cleaners are so sought after - go somewhere you are appreciated and get x2 pay for x2 work!"

Another wrote: "Well I would be done, unprofessional doesn't even come close." Someone agreeing saying it was "appalling" Another suggested: "Do you have a HR department? I'd escalate this above your manager's level and forward the manager's response to you. This job is effectively toast anyway - you might as well make a formal complaint."

Danielle Kate Wroe