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My coworker is obsessed with facebook and I CANNOT HANDLE IT!
My coworker spends every spare second on Facebook.
She comes to work 20 minutes early and sits on FB, then spends the first 15 minutes of our shift still on FB. She spends her coffee break on FB. If she actually goes out for coffee on her break, and I take my break when she gets back, she spends my break time on Facebook.
She talks about Facebook all day. She leaves comments on my wall, photos or status updates WHILE I AM STANDING NEXT TO HER. When she is supposed to be working, she's on FB while I work.
The problem with this is I have told her time and time again she needs to knock it off because our company can pull your internet use at anytime and she could very easily be fired for this. It's like it's in one ear and out the other. We work in a small workplace and everyone but the boss seems to notice.
I can't handle it anymore but at the same time, how do I go to my boss and cause a ruckus in such a small workplace? Especially when the others I work with, including me, are responsible with our internet time and don't want to be subject to a bunch of rules that have to be set up because of her?
She is not a bad person, she's just an awful coworker. She constantly messes things up simply because she doesn't pay attention, likely because she is so consumed with FB.
What do I do??
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Permalink Reply by jaminicole on -
Steal her password and sign her up for a bunch of awful apps that steal her identity.
Or tattle. Honestly, I wouldn't blame you. I mean, I spend all day on FB/Twitter/20sb, but I don't have any coworkers, supervision, or work to do.
So in reality I have no perspective on this. Sorry. Sounds annoying.
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Permalink Reply by Shayna on -
There's nothing wrong with telling your boss - we're not in kindergarten any more!!
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Permalink Reply by L.L. on -
Well my concern with that is it's such a small workplace, we (myself and the other two coworkers who don't appreciate this habit) don't want to alienate her.
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Permalink Reply by Em Jae on -
It sounds like you've tried to tell her that it's inappropriate and unproductive, but she doesn't want to listen... My guess is, if she's spending all her time on FB, then she's not getting much work done...?
Do/will the bosses notice? Unfortunately, it may just catch up with her... In which case, it sounds like you just wait it out, and because the office is super small, it might not take that long...
But, if you're working on projects together or you're dependent on her work to complete your own, then you and your fellow coworkers definitely have a vested interest in making sure that she's working while she's at work... Perhaps remind her of deadlines, high priority projects or goals that are approaching (instead of bring up the FB word), and maybe that'll encourage her to work?
Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by Robert Fitzsimmons on -
Do the most damage you can possibly do to such a person - unfriend her on facebook.
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Permalink Reply by Melissa on -
If you and your two other co-workers have a problem with it, turn off her computer somehow and have an "intervention" with the three of you and her. Tell her everything you told us. If it still doesn't sink in, there's not much you can do - It will become clear who amongst you are actually working and who is just slacking.
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