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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 6:15 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 7:04 pm to GTSwarms
This hits close to home because my mother is experiencing the same thing. I don't know what to tell you. The older lady probably has a real issue going on upstairs, and she might be totally unaware, or in denial. I hate seeing it for my mom, but she is stubborn and she plays the victim card when telling work stories to me and my siblings, when we see it at home too and know it's most probably her.
If you are close enough to this woman, try to urge her to have some tests run. My mom is older than her, so it may not be the same thing, but it sounds like it.
If you are close enough to this woman, try to urge her to have some tests run. My mom is older than her, so it may not be the same thing, but it sounds like it.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 7:15 pm to GTSwarms
It could be a variety of things from a medication she's taking to something along the lines of early-onset Alzheimer's or even a mini-stroke. If she indeed used to be a fantastic employee, I would think you and your company would want to help her out?! Obviously she doesn't realize her memory is fading. My advice is to communicate things to her in writing. Then you can show her in a non-confrontational way that she is indeed missing things. She's not going to respond well to a confrontational approach. Can you imagine what it must feel like to be losing your memory and not realizing it? Anyway, if things get worse I would also contact a spouse or close relative. She likely needs to be seen by a doctor.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 7:19 pm to GTSwarms
As others have said, document everything. As often as possible, email tasks to her instead of telling her verbally.
Her supervisor needs to be made aware of the fact that multiple people have noticed this, and sit her down to discuss.
Her supervisor needs to be made aware of the fact that multiple people have noticed this, and sit her down to discuss.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 7:31 pm to GTSwarms
put up with this for over a yaer. so frickin frustrating. thank god he left
Posted on 9/22/15 at 7:31 pm to GTSwarms
That's very sad. I have no idea what I'd do.
My ex boss had a horrible memory that was affecting all of us, but he was 73 and the CEO of the company, so what can you really do?
My ex boss had a horrible memory that was affecting all of us, but he was 73 and the CEO of the company, so what can you really do?
Posted on 9/22/15 at 7:33 pm to GTSwarms
Fire her... she'll forget, and then you get free labor.
only OT way to do it IMO
only OT way to do it IMO
Posted on 9/22/15 at 7:34 pm to GTSwarms
Ring out her Depends in a cup and drug test her. If she fails then you're off the hook for unemployment and it's social security's problem.
This post was edited on 9/22/15 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 9/22/15 at 9:19 pm to GTSwarms
Thyroid can do that.
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