Unfair Practices

[davwic66]

There are two teams working on the same floor in sight of each other, one is managed by someone who is good friends with the boss of both managers, and the other is someone who gets on with his work and expects his team to do likewise. However the other team seem to be able to get away with coming in late, taking days off without calling in sick ot taking it as holiday, using the Internet and e-mails for personal use etc without a word being said, but the other team has carried out their duties by the book, what can be done?. The main manager only seems interested in his own career and does not want to rock the the boat.

[Buenchico]

Since you refer to a main 'manager' I assume that he's not the ultimate boss.

If it was me, I'd send the main manager a (very) carefully worded e-mail. This most definitely wouldn't be on the lines of "I wish to complain about . . ." .

Instead, I'd be (apparently) apologetic: "I'm sorry to have to write to you but I think that it's my duty to make you aware of some ill-feeling among some of my colleagues . . ." I'd then go on to explain the problem but I'd take extreme care not to appear to directly criticise the lax manager. Throughout the e-mail I'd repeatedly stress that my main concern was to try to create a happier working environment within the company but, at the end, I'd add something along the lines of "I hope that you'll understand that I consider that it's my duty as a conscientious employee to copy this e-mail to X" (where X is the 'main manager's boss!)

I think that this is probably the best approach but only you know the personalities involved.

Hoping that this might be of some assistance,

Chris