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Co-worker with extreme forgetfulness

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Co-worker with extreme forgetfulness

I am working with a co-worker that is very forgetful and it is impacting our team’s overall productivity.

I believe the CEO knows and hopefully she will make a decision soon about the next step.

I would ask her to give status updates and she doesn’t know statuses of projects we are working on, if she decides to explore, she searches through her emails forever. This process should be streamlined. She sometimes forgets my name and others in the company, She gets either defensive when asked about something she is working on or just doesn’t respond to inquiries. She has emotional outbursts for no reason.

I enjoy my job but we work together as a team and she is impeding the team’s overall progress. Unfortunately, my work cannot stand alone. The overall success of the team entails dependency on each other.

Any insights or suggestions would be appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous

    I would suggest you work around her as much as possible and document any impactful omissions or lack of accurate information. You are right not to diagnose. This is an issue for your manager or CEO. stay in your lane and only document incidents that impact your deliverables. Otherwise it's not your business. Don't make it personal.

  2. Anonymous

    If you lead the team, the best thing to do is not to put her on mission-critical parts of the project. Management is notified, so continue to document the impact and prop her up as much as possible until your management can figure out where to go. If they are dealing with a medical situation, it can take quite a while to come to a conclusion. I also agree with the other poster below. I'm sorry for what you are going through. Sometimes, showing grace is the best response.

  3. Anonymous

    Don't rule out that she may have a covered disability.

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