Showerthought: Does calling out a coworker ever actually help or does it just make things worse?

I still think about this one time at my old call center job in Phoenix. My coworker Dave kept cutting people off and blaming the system for his mistakes. A few of us finally told the supervisor about it during a one-on-one. But instead of fixing it, Dave found out and the whole vibe in the break room got super tense for like three weeks. He never changed his ways either. I wonder if we should have just minded our own business or if letting it slide would've been worse for the team. Has anyone else seen this backfire or actually work out?

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reese_taylor693d ago

Dang, that's rough. Three weeks of awkward break room vibes sounds exhausting. I'm sorry your team had to deal with that fallout.

nina_butler3d ago

Is it really that serious though? Like yeah it sucks for a bit but three weeks of awkward vibes isn't the end of the world. People act like office drama is life or death but most of the time everyone forgets about it after a month tops. I've seen way worse blowups at my old job and people still ended up grabbing lunch together like nothing happened. Unless someone got fired or reported to HR it's probably just a few folks being dramatic about nothing. Just my two cents but maybe it's not as big of a deal as everyone's making it.