So I started working full-time about a year ago now. It’s my first job out of college and it’s 100% remote.
The job progresses by levels. I’m a “I”, and after that is a II, III, and Senior. I do much more work than a I is supposed to do (both level and complexity), but the remote part is a major pro for me so I don’t want to complain. Anyway, to get to the point. I have a coworker “Beka” (Senior) who is a prime example of the a-hole who does little to no work but has a big mouth. Not going to get into too much detail, but I do much, much more work for less pay.
Part of her big mouth is also that she complains about every “personal” issue to our boss. One day she essentially tells me she doesn’t give a shit about the job and her husband comes first, and the next she puts a play on for our boss: cries and says she feels she’s not “giving it her all”. He starts assigning her essentially no work, makes exceptions for her, and she says she’ll change her work hours 7-4 instead of most people 8-5. She typically gets offline around 3:30, and lies about starting at 7, she’s on at around right before everyone else gets on and is never really online anyway.
To get to my point: I stay up late and feel nauseous in the morning so I’ve been starting around 8:30-9ish for a while. Yesterday my boss texted me and said he didn’t see me online, I told him I start later, and he said “that won’t cut it.” I’m fuming. I produce so much more work than my coworker (again, for much less pay), I’m on till 5 or after (even if I don’t have to be since I skipped lunch or really nailed my work before 5), and I never say anything about the obviously unfair treatment.
What do I do in this situation? I got up early today again to see if she’s on, and nope. Literally this lady works maybe 2 hours a day and my boss has the audacity to tell me something about starting a bit later when I have nothing important in the morning regardless.