how do i tell my boss that my team mate isnt doing their job well
The boss is not in the same location as the team. i want to share my thoughts about my teammate who is not engaged in the work and not pulling their weight. Often, i am having to do it. it is extremely annoying to see this person basically relaxing, constantly talking to others and leaving early regularly. clearly they dont have enough work to fill their day. i want to tell my boss all this.. but dont know how. i dont want to come across as a complainer. at the same time, i think it is unfair (to me) if my boss didnt know this. never done this before.. so any advice is appreciated. bonus points if you’re a manager yourself and can give your point of view on situations like this.
Why do you want to complain about anyone? See it as an opportunity for your career growth. If your teammate is relaxing he might end up in trouble later but I think it's wrong to get you into negativity.
I manage teams and always try to offer open discussions about anything that people need. What's your boss like? Is there a regular practice of having conversations about the team? What's his take on you? Be honest with yourself. A complaint from a great worker vs a complaint from someone lesser can generate attention on you. A backfire.
Yeah, can you elaborate on what you mean about having to do their work? Is it causing you to miss your own deadlines/work more than you want to in order to fulfill both your responsibilities and pick up their slack?
I endured this early in my career. Basically I was doing 2 people's work and getting credit of half a person. Cuz as I found out much later that a senior developer who was supposed to be mentoring me was slacking all day and taking credit for more than half my work. Sadly I didn't know at the time what to or how to do anything about it. I just left.
As a manager I will share what I expect from my direct reports. 1) estimate and deliver work relatively well 2) work well as a team (no smart jerks) 3) motivate colleagues and share knowledge with others (creates capacity) To ensure things are going well I 1) am present at all standups, estimation sessions and retrospectives 2) drive blameless retrospectives (very good opportunity to start signaling things that aren't going well, and doing the math I can see which piece I need to work with) 3) regular one on ones every two weeks with everyone that reports directly to me. My teams are distributed in Palo Alto, San Francisco, New York and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) It has worked well at the point I could make many engineers grow in their careers, detect a few ones not doing their work (and let them go) and yet getting more resources to build more. In your case, I wouldn't throw anyone under the bus, but it seems you're doing your colleagues work. Do your job well and let ones do theirs. If they don't, your manager will start wonder what changed. If you feel uncomfortable, have an honest and candid conversation with your manager and keep it regularly every other week.
maybe just ask your manager, if someone else isnt doing their fair share or assigned work, what is the expectation? should i do it and not say anything? should i do it and tell you? or should i do nothing and let that person fail? .... this will drive a larger conversation. you've now made it your manager's problem, but without naming names and without being a tattle-telling jerk.😏
Just stop carrying them. When ur boss starts asking why nothings done throw them under the boss
If your manager cares, find a tactical way to bring it up and offer solutions. Don’t just bring up the prob and wait for your manager to solve. In my case, my manager doesn’t care and can’t do anything, so I chose to change team after the new person keeps taking credit of my work and telling me how I do my job.
Are they specifically leaving slack for you to pick up? If not I would let it be, if so talk to them.