Dear Sue: I work with a team of six people. Several months ago we hired a coworker to fill a much-needed position. Management decided that all of the sales commissions from our team would go to this team member. In the past, commissions were split between all of us.
When management made this decision I told them that I thought this was unfair. They told me they would look into additional compensation, but so far, I haven't received anything.
To make things even more stressful, the employee we hired has missed over two months worth of work in the short time she has been with us. Every week she has something that interferes with her work. She's had family emergencies, friends flying into town, dental emergencies, medical appointments, etc.
The rest of us are very frustrated and although we don't want to appear negative to management, our resentment is building. I do not feel that she is a team player or that she cares about her work. The rest of us have been putting in extra hours to get the work done (we are salaried) while she works much less.
She just announced that she'll be taking some time off for some surgery. Initially she told us that the timing of her surgery was flexible, yet she has scheduled it to take place now. Her timing couldn't be worse because an account manager just quit and we have two people on vacation. This will leave a skeleton crew, but she doesn't seem concerned.
Our entire team has been torn apart. Everyone else chooses to talk behind he...
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