DancingRaccoon

Pissed with my teammate

My teammate is very annoying😡 Whenever he is stuck with a problem, he just spends a very little time on it, and if he is not able to find a solution he gets me on the call and tries to get it solved through me and I kind of baby spoon him for the solution. This is a repeated practice and I am sick of it. Sometimes I thought to confront him but then I kind of push myself back thinking how he might feel about it.

Please give me genuine suggestions on what should I do? Should I discuss this with my manager/lead? Or something else

PS: He is elder than me but we are on same designation.

28mo ago

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SwirlyRaccoon

Target28mo

Just give a constructive feedback, maybe something like the checklist he can follow before he can ask a question

DancingRaccoon

Stealth28mo

Thanks, I’ll try this out

SillyBoba

Stealth28mo

Teach him how to fish, don't solve the problems for him. Give him leads/hints . Tell him that you are super busy with your own work and would only be able to direct him.

DancingRaccoon

Stealth28mo

Ohk, I’ll try this out.

SnoozyPancake

Stealth28mo

Never give a complete solution, the current arbitrage is : your teammate spending hours trying to figure it out, or hopping on a 30 min call with you. Your teammate seems to be fully leveraging this. Restrict your inputs only to helpful hints, tasks and never complete solutions. Either your teammate will learn or find someone else to call :).

DancingRaccoon

Stealth28mo

Makes sense, thanks for the tip

MagicalHamster

Stealth28mo

Tell your project manager or engineering manager about it. When he calls you for doing his work, just plain tell him what did he do so far? What has he done? Call him out on what he didn't do and just tell him to do what needs to be done.