Hey all,
I have been browsing this subreddit for a decent amount of time but have never made a post. Anyway. I work for a small town doing IT stuff and love all of my coworkers. I think they are pretty great and are the reason that I am still here at the job tbh. However, there is one of them that I work with that is a snitch. and I MEAN HORRIBLE. Last week, my boss was gone for a week due to a conference, so for most of the week we were working pretty lightly and all using our personal phones. One of my coworkers decided to tell my boss that I was using my phone an absurd amount and not doing any work (Mind you, I was the only one that didn't have any tickets assigned to me, and was caught up with all the day to day work and my big project for the month).
So I recieved an email from my boss that was very passive aggressive and she seems upset at the fact that I was using my phone? while she was gone? I dont understand what else she would want me to do because quite frankly I hate the fact of trying to look busy at work just for the sake of capitalism, like if I am on my phone that means I am not busy, I am free and you can give me something to do without hesitation. This one coworker has a tendency to go and cry to our boss about anything that we are doing wrong. She even went and talked to my boss about my dress code… because I wasn't wearing a polo/business casual attire. Yet I was in a flannel and a band tee because it was friday. I am about 1 more silly little complaint away from just walking out of here.
Am I acting irrationally here? Or is she is the right? I dont say shit about what my other coworkers do on company time because as long as we all get our jobs done and do them well, there shouldn't be a problem. OH I also told this coworker that I needed her to do something for me at the request of my boss (which happened) and it took her up until she got back YESTERDAY? TO DO IT?!??!?!?!? like WHAT!??!?! I asked her two weeks ago but you don't see me running and crying to my boss about said thing because I figured she had more on her plate, but it seems like she just doesn't like me at the end of the day.
TL;DR: coworker constantly snitches on me for not abiding by dress code / being on my phone, yet is the slowest worker that we have. Made my boss give me the “final warning” and I almost stormed out of there because I am getting treated like a 6 year old.