The good thing about working with many people is the interaction of different personalities. That’s also the bad thing. Your coworkers can display characteristics that make working with them easy, but they may also engage in habits that drive you crazy. Learning how to overcome the characteristics that bother you can be more challenging than completing the technical aspects of your job.
Sarah is a web designer at Multimedia Productions, where you work. She's good at her job. In fact, this year the company won an award because of her creativity. It's exciting to work with Sarah because she is always coming up with new and interesting ideas that you learn from. The only problem is that it's hard to rely on her because she likes to shift the blame for her own mistakes.
You've been waiting for Sarah to finish up the details on a web design for a dog food company. Sarah hasn't been able to meet the deadlines on the project, and the client is getting tired of excuses.
Today, when you ask Sarah to upload the latest designs for the client to see, she replies, "You didn't tell me you needed the designs today. I'm not a mind-reader."
“Check out the e-mail I sent you two days ago,” you remind her. “I told you the deadline was this morning.”.
“I never got it, blame it on the e-mail server, not me.”
You know that Sarah received the e-mail because you overheard her mention it to another employee. What will you do?
