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My wife is in a department with 5 other women.  2 of them in their 30's call themselves PB&J, they text each other, e-mail each other, make fun of coworkers, talk about inappropriate things like their sex lives.  

One of them gave Christmas cards to everyone but my wife and another coworker.  The other invited all but those 2 to her birthday party.  There was a big fight on Thursday at work, and then a Facebook war on the weekend.  

I'll spare the details, but their manager said management can't solve personality conflicts.  However, all this personal stuff gets them behind and my wife is the one that has to help each of them hit their deadlines, which makes her fall behind in hers and she gets no help.  Should she go above her boss's head to the next boss?

Anonymous · Answer

She needs to speak to HR and stop picking up their slack.
Also, tell her to unfriend them all on Facebook and to only talk to them about work. I don't go to work to socialize or  hang with people outside of work.

? · Answer

This is really stupid of management not to resolve these issues.  If it were me, I'd fire a couple and fix the entire thing.

captb007 · Answer

She needs to focus on the work that she is responsible for and ignore all the drama and pre-teen behavior from these immature co-workers.

? · Answer

she needs to stop helping them and do her job, unless her job is to help them, then she needs a new job. and talking about sex with your girlfriends is not inappropriate. if I were in charge, they'd all be looking for new jobs as I'd have fired the lot of them and hired people interested in working and doing what's best for the company, seeing as that's why I pay them.

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