fair?

LegacyUser

Is it fair for a boss to give work to one employee and then if its not done the way they like to give it to another to correct? This is generally accompanied by the boss bitching and complaining about the person who originally did it to the person they are getting to correct it. It doesn't seem right to me when the original person doesn't get a chance to improve their work and learn from it.

krd

fhiods wrote: »

It doesn't seem right to me when the original person doesn't get a chance to improve their work and learn from it.

What if that person is a complete disaster?

Your boss may have no control over the hiring and firing. I know people who have been in that position. They weren't even allowed give poor performance reviews to people who were disasters.

Irish_Elect_Eng

There is nothing wrong with reassigning a task that was not completed or was not completed to the required standard.

However, there is a unwritten rule that should be observed:

"Praise in Public, Correct in Private"

You are of course correct that people should be given the opportunity to improve, that is is the best interest of the business. But sometimes there is no time or the task is too important to baby-sit/mentor/train a non-performing employee or it is a repeated behavior.

tatli_lokma

+1 ^^^^^

and of course it depends on the duty staff member one was given - if it were a basic function of their role, or a rudementary exercise then one would expect it to have been done correctly first time. If you are given a task and are not sure what is expected of you, then you need to ask at the outset what you need to do. If it is not something you have done before you should make it clear to the person requesting the task that this is your first time doing it - people will tend to be more patient if they know you are only learning the task.

Having said all that, bitching and moaning to another staff member is unprofessional. Perhaps turn the tables and take the higher ground and instead of letting them know it has pissed you off, ask if the other person could they give you a quick run down of where you went wrong and where you can find the information to do it correctly next time. Its not good enough to just sit there fed up, you need to take charge of your career and turn every obstacle into a learning opportunity.