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Older Employee's Memory is becoming an issue in the office
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:09 pm
We have a woman who has worked with the company for 2 or so years. I am not sure of her age but I am thinking 55ish maybe.
She does a lot of the pay apps, working up contracts, etc and my god the last 2 months has been very difficult working with this lady.
I ask her a question and 30 minutes later she has zero knowledge of what i asked her to do.
The bad part about it is that other employees are noticing this in her as well. One of the girls got in an argument with her this afternoon because she was asked to get paperwork, etc ready for the close out of a contract and that the builder was going to be here at 3:00 to finalize everything. Around 2:30 the employee asked the older lady if she had everything ready and the older lady said "No, nobody ever told me that this was due today"
They got into a knock down drag out fight over this and the older lady called the younger employee a liar.
I have had countless people tell me that she never calls them back. There are so many instances where I can tell her memory is getting very bad and it is now beginning to hurt the company.
It's a sad situation because she used to be a fantastic employee but now she has become sluggish, slow, lethargic and seems to just be going through the motions.
She does a lot of the pay apps, working up contracts, etc and my god the last 2 months has been very difficult working with this lady.
I ask her a question and 30 minutes later she has zero knowledge of what i asked her to do.
The bad part about it is that other employees are noticing this in her as well. One of the girls got in an argument with her this afternoon because she was asked to get paperwork, etc ready for the close out of a contract and that the builder was going to be here at 3:00 to finalize everything. Around 2:30 the employee asked the older lady if she had everything ready and the older lady said "No, nobody ever told me that this was due today"
They got into a knock down drag out fight over this and the older lady called the younger employee a liar.
I have had countless people tell me that she never calls them back. There are so many instances where I can tell her memory is getting very bad and it is now beginning to hurt the company.
It's a sad situation because she used to be a fantastic employee but now she has become sluggish, slow, lethargic and seems to just be going through the motions.
This post was edited on 9/22/15 at 6:12 pm
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Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:12 pm to GTSwarms
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seems to just be going through the motions.
Sounds like early onset Alzheimer's.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:12 pm to GTSwarms
Fire her and hire someone hot. If I'm going to have a shitty employee she better at least have nice tits.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:14 pm to GTSwarms
She's prolly been hitting the weed a little too hard. I wouldn't think too much about it.
This post was edited on 9/22/15 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:14 pm to glassman
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Sounds like early onset Alzheimer's.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:15 pm to GTSwarms
This is what happens when you work with a bunch of women.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:19 pm to GTSwarms
Ask her to spend the days washing other employees cars out in the parking lot.
This post was edited on 9/22/15 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:20 pm to GTSwarms
Everyone should email her their requests. That will end the fighting and ultimately result in her termination. Time to move on.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:20 pm to GTSwarms
Tell your mom to lay off the blo, she's not a teenager anymore.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:20 pm to GTSwarms
No one cares about your made up story
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:22 pm to GTSwarms
This is why you age discriminate when hiring people.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:24 pm to GTSwarms
That was not what I expected to read about based on the title. 
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:27 pm to GTSwarms
What would you like for us to do?
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:34 pm to Walt OReilly
Obviously, a lot of you people have never worked in a fricking office. Some of you are too retarded to read something and say "Wow, I have worked in an office before and had a similar incident occur, here is what we did"
So do we terminate her because she has fricking Alzheimer or do we somehow try to help the woman instead of being dickheads like a bunch of you immature pricks suggest?
She is a mother, grandparent and widow. Do we ruin her life at her age because she has an issue that she cannot control? That's the whole fricking point of this story
So do we terminate her because she has fricking Alzheimer or do we somehow try to help the woman instead of being dickheads like a bunch of you immature pricks suggest?
She is a mother, grandparent and widow. Do we ruin her life at her age because she has an issue that she cannot control? That's the whole fricking point of this story
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:37 pm to GTSwarms
I work in an office in a government-type setting and am going through KIND OF a similar instance.
All I can tell you now is document, document, document. Idk where you work but in my field, we can't just go to someone and fire them, as HR would ask what we did to try to help. Sit down with her and explain some of these issues and put some sort of system in place to correct it, and have her sign. Email her requests or things needing to be done. Eventually, you'll have enough documented evidence that you have attempted to help yet she is still not able to do her routine work tasks competently. Then fire her arse and get someone else who can. I wish we could fire our lady yesterday.
All I can tell you now is document, document, document. Idk where you work but in my field, we can't just go to someone and fire them, as HR would ask what we did to try to help. Sit down with her and explain some of these issues and put some sort of system in place to correct it, and have her sign. Email her requests or things needing to be done. Eventually, you'll have enough documented evidence that you have attempted to help yet she is still not able to do her routine work tasks competently. Then fire her arse and get someone else who can. I wish we could fire our lady yesterday.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:38 pm to GTSwarms
Honestly, I'd try to talk with a family member and express your concerns; or maybe a close friend that has been by the office??
I work in a nursing home and it DOES sound like early onset Alzheimers. It sucks. Badly.
BUT if she can't do her job then she shouldn't be kept as an employee. Does your company have any type of health/wellness coordinator? (I'm sure not but was worth asking)
I work in a nursing home and it DOES sound like early onset Alzheimers. It sucks. Badly.
BUT if she can't do her job then she shouldn't be kept as an employee. Does your company have any type of health/wellness coordinator? (I'm sure not but was worth asking)
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:39 pm to GTSwarms
there could be a medical reason...
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:39 pm to GTSwarms
No one cares what you do to her
Fire her for fricks sake
Fire her for fricks sake
Posted on 9/22/15 at 6:41 pm to GTSwarms
Tell Mom to lay of the diet pills and things will get better.... Trust us in this info.
Or, you will have to get out of her basement and get a jerb!
Or, you will have to get out of her basement and get a jerb!
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