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Should I say something?

  • 18-05-2009 3:11pm
    #1
    snowy2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭


    new girl has started in my office, lovely girl but what she doesnt know is i know shes my bosses niece by marriage, shes just very subtly giving me alot of her work to do, i dont mind coz shes new but its starting to get on my nerves now, we lost our bonuses last month and she just told me shes getting hers, now mind you we lost ours a few months ago and she only started two weeks ago, shes the same age as me and now she thinks shes my boss.....argh!!!!!!

    what do i do?


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  • #2
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Next time she tries to give you work just say no.

    She is just pushing her luck so far because you have been a pushover.

    Make it clear the Honeymoons over now, there is nothing she can do about it.

    If she objects tell her to look up Nepotism in the dictionary.


  • #3
    snowy2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭snowy2008


    should i say something to my boss about the bonus?


  • #4
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭workaccount


    teresa2008 wrote: »
    should i say something to my boss about the bonus?

    What's your bonus based on and what could she be possibly getting a bonus for if she's only there two weeks?

    What kind of work are you involved in btw?


  • #5
    snowy2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭snowy2008


    no idea what its for, why do u want to know what work it is>


  • #6
    puglover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 442 ✭✭puglover


    I would imagine workaccount is trying to figure out if the other girls bonus is justified. It's hard to offer advice based on the little info you've provided.


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  • #7
    snowy2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭snowy2008


    its for a telecoms company


  • #8
    puglover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 442 ✭✭puglover


    TBH thats still too little info. The type of company doesn't really matter. It's more down to the type of work & bonus' are acheived eg, sales, kpis, performance etc.

    My advice, it's really none of your biz what someone elses remuneration package is. Also don't assume that because she is related to the boss that she is getting any special treatment, this girl may well have been hired & earning bonus based on her own merits. Don't go running to your boss with something that has nothing to do with you, it will not show you in a favourable light.

    Worry about your own job, if she is pushing her work on to you tell her you have your own work. If this continues or she tries to put pressure on you I would then consider speaking to your boss, but not without trying to resolve the situation yourself first.


  • #9
    BumbleB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭BumbleB


    teresa2008 wrote: »
    new girl has started in my office, lovely girl but what she doesnt know is i know shes my bosses niece by marriage, shes just very subtly giving me alot of her work to do, i dont mind coz shes new but its starting to get on my nerves now, we lost our bonuses last month and she just told me shes getting hers, now mind you we lost ours a few months ago and she only started two weeks ago, shes the same age as me and now she thinks shes my boss.....argh!!!!!!

    what do i do?



    She's full of the brown ,no way she's getting a bonus .She's playing you, strike back before its too late ,if you leave it any longer she might start dissing you to your boss so set your boundaries right now.


  • #10
    bug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,204 ✭✭✭bug


    teresa2008 wrote: »
    new girl has started in my office, lovely girl but what she doesnt know is i know shes my bosses niece by marriage, shes just very subtly giving me alot of her work to do, i dont mind coz shes new but its starting to get on my nerves now, we lost our bonuses last month and she just told me shes getting hers, now mind you we lost ours a few months ago and she only started two weeks ago, shes the same age as me and now she thinks shes my boss.....argh!!!!!

    what do i do?

    If you are part of a team or the two of you are working together on the same team, then suggest to your boss a weekly or fortnightly meeting to set out jobs that are to be done in that period. That way the workload is defined.

    That way you are introducing an initiative rather than directly tackling someone giving you their work load.

    ignore the bonus comment. It's probably untrue, and if it is true then it is more of a reflection on whats persmissable in the company itself.

    lastly, she thinks she is your boss, i assume that this is the sort of character she projects rather than the actual situation. In this case stand up for yourself and blankly refuse nicely to take any of her jobs on perhaps offering her training in the areas but saying that your time is tight as you are working on your own jobs. i.e. I can show you how to do it, but i cannot complete it for you.

    be very firm and nice at the same time. Don't leave any refusals to complete her work open to interpretation.

    She'll get the message once you draw the boundaries.


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