"Dear Good Job, I have a colleague, "Dave," who is a very nice person but very bad at his job. He makes frequent mistakes and creates extra work for the rest of the department on a near-daily basis. He works from home full-time and is almost always "away" and unreachable. It's been like this for years. We tend to cut Dave some slack because he has a lot on his plate."
"Recently, Dave joined the rest of the team for a social outing. The drinks were flowing, and at the end of the night, he confessed to me that not only had his health issues cleared up, but both of his parents had passed away during the pandemic. Then came the next bombshell: He intentionally kept this a secret so he could keep working from home, and is now also "overemployed"-he has two additional full-time remote jobs, unbeknownst to his three employers."
A teammate known as Dave performs poorly and produces frequent mistakes that create extra work for the department. Dave was granted a full-time remote accommodation for health issues and caregiving responsibilities, which colleagues accepted as justification for occasional additional effort. At a social event Dave revealed his health issues had cleared and his parents had died, and he admitted he concealed this information to retain remote status. Dave also disclosed that he holds two additional full-time remote jobs unbeknownst to his employers. Colleagues now carry ongoing extra workload while Dave earns a high salary, creating an ethical and operational dilemma about whether to escalate or set boundaries.
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