Let's see where should i start off my topic from...
So I have been working for full-time at this company for about 7-8 months. The girl that worked the same dept and psotion as me (product support) taught me everything left the company about 1 month ago, so I got a new co-worker replaced her. My new co-worker, AK, has somewhat working experience (according to my manager), divorced, over 35 years old, got a 6-8 yrs old kid.
First, I wonder why a 30 something year old man only got "some" working experience plus AK has a kid too, so it would make more sense if he has been working to finanically support his family like ever since his kid was born, right??!!?!? so that "some" working experience should be like 6-8 years too...??? But then why would a 3X years old man with working experience applied for an entry level position, and i bet the salary isn't that great either (from what i know i am getting).... there are so many questions even before my new co-worker came in.
So about a month ago, AK joined the company. Just by the first sight and first impression, i know i will be bored to death working with him =p Personality wise, he often brings up topic that no one know how to respond, and I am not the only who said that! He tried to make conversations with me or other co-workers during break or lunch time, just ...it doesn't work.
*Like there was one time we had our dept lunch, he asked my manager when is he gonna take his vacation and where is he planning to go. So they were talking about Hawaii, AK kept on telling us all these places that he has been to, and what so beautiful there, and compare the places.... well, i actually could say something based on my knowledge, but AK was talking to my manager like face-to-face and plus my dish came to me late so i have eat in hurry and finish my lunch on time. So my manager was just sitting there for 2 min listening to him and responded " I have never been to those places, so I don't know" LOL then dead air for a min *
The major thing that bothers me his ability to handle the job! Before his first day to work, i have already prepared all these notes and paper work for his reference (trust me, my notes are soooo good labelled everything with highlights too). Basically all i need to do is just train and walk him through everything for one time, then he can always go back to my notes and do his job (since most of them are just data entry). So i did... i walk him through everything he needs to do while with his notes there to assist him and tell him he can always go back to those notes for help. Then the second day he was there, he probably tried to figure out where to type certain info for a while already and still dun rememeber, so he came up to me and ask. All i did was just go back to his desk and asked him nicely if he looked into my notes already, so he opened his notes (obviously he didnt look at them in the first place), and i just told him follow those highlighted directions, then he would be fine.... but people, that was NOT the only time happened to him. He actually came up to me for quite a few times when he didn't even go look up his notes first!!! Then whenever we got questions for him (job related), he just has hard time answer them straight to the point. (AGAIN, i am not the only one who said that)
I really wonder if my manager gonna let me pass his 3 mon probahtion. Since i told my manager to oberseve him already when i mentioned that he tends to catch up the work slowly.... and there are just way too many other facts that drive me nuts working with him, but i would have to write like a 10 pages essay to list them all to you... so i just talk more next time, now i need to go get ice cream to cool off ......
