Life is Difficult

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Summary

I interviewed four different individuals, two males and two females all ranging in age. All of their responses differed in their strategies to deal with difficult people in the workplace. The older individuals like Sterling and Marcela (Mom) wanted to be more confrontational and talk to the person individually. This would also be done in a private setting and cause no embarrassment toward the person but rather put them in line and have them realize what their actions are doing to others.
The other two interviewees, Jacob and Kaylee, were they opposite. They wanted to take the approach of avoiding the co-workers at all costs. They think that confrontation can ruin a work environment and that they wanted to keep work "strictly business".

What About Me?

Of course I myself have been put in some difficult situation when working as an adult. Dealing with difficult people in the workplace is one of the hardest situations to be put in because you never know how the end result will pan out. I personally read the situation and the individual and base my decision based on how serious the situation is. If the difficult person is just a complainer but still gets the work done then I take no action in the situation. If they are slowing down productivity and not pulling their weight then I would confront them, or if I didn't have the authority to do so I would go to someone who did and make it evident their are work issues.

My Experience

I worked in a pizza restaurant in High School and this very thing happened. One of my co-workers would never do the work he was asked to do and I would politely ask him to do it or even lessen the load so it seemed easier but he still refused. Since I was young this is all the action I would take, I felt walked over and useless in that situation. If I were to go back I would have directly confronted him and made it clear what he was doing was not acceptable, like talked about in the Flipgrid After I would go to authority and complain about his performance.