This colleague is a contractor. When I first trained her, I noticed that she couldn't follow a procedure properly. She'd do a few steps, skip a few, and resume doing a few.
I didn't get it.
With this assignment, she had to write a document from scratch. She had to poke around a software application on her own and ask questions if she didn't get it.
She isn't good with self-exploration. She never asked for help from software developers. It was to the point where I had to point her in the right direction within the application.
When it came down to incorporating my changes, she couldn't do that successfully. She is not great with details.
My manager asked me to copy him on all my exchanges with her. He was not impressed.
The company is downsizing its staff. Her contract will be terminated at the end of November.
It's bittersweet. As a person, she's okay to hang out with. As a colleague, she is horrible. I have spent a lot of time making sure that she has incorporated all my suggested changes. I shouldn't have to.
The crazy thing is that I recently did a presentation where I told writers to not copy and paste everything you get from developers. What did she do? She copied and pasted everything a developer had provided to her as feedback and didn't bother to at least reword it.
One word: ugh!
It is Thanksgiving Day right now. I am thankful that I have the day off.
Yesterday, I made a Thanksgiving meal for my parents and me. They enjoyed it so much that we all took a nap afterwards... haha!
I love leftovers and look forward to using them up in creative ways.
