There is simply nothing more frustrating that having to work with peers that underperform. You may find yourself having to shoulder much of the workload while they kick back and surf the web all day in their cubicle.
Your blood pressure rises daily because of their poor work habits, and your workload increases. All the while your boss isn’t doing anything about it, for whatever reason. Maybe it’s because they hang out outside of work, who knows?
As maddening as this scenario can be, you have to find peace within it. Getting mad only leads to bad things happening, and you don’t want to lose what you have built over someone else’s poor decisions. And since they are your peer, you can’t very well hold them accountable.
One way to accomplish this is to think of having an underperforming peer as an opportunity. It only makes you look like more of a superstar when you accomplish so much and your peers accomplish so little. Don’t be afraid to increase the gap.
You could also
take advantage of opportunities to make well placed comments. Not talking about how crappy your peer is, but slight boasts about how well you are doing personally. For example, say something like “I generated twelve new accounts this month, how many did you get?” Sometimes this gets your point across without having to blow up the situation.
Unfortunately, most of life’s slackers are slacking for a reason: they have no further ambition. Climbing the ladder isn’t for everyone, and lots of people may be just happy and content where they are. The problem is that comfort eventually sets in, and comfort leads to decreased productivity and an employee who cares less by the day.
You basically have two ways of dealing with this. You can blow up and prove a point (at the possible expense of your own career), or you can accept it as a fact of life and move on. Either way, don’t let it stress you too bad. No matter where you work or what you do, you will run into underperformers.
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