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Have you ever been asked to step in to cover for someone else’s lack of accountability at work?

Seems like it’s happening everywhere.
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Yep. All the time at the Dept. Of Welfare.

Supervisors will walk past the desk of someone that EVERYBODY knows does virtually nothing all day every day and not see there are file folders stacked haphazardly until somebody somewhere holds the supervisors accountable. Then they swoop in, reduce the work load of the offender and parcel it out to other caseworkers who ARE doing their job.
@Mamapolo2016 My wife studied public administration, and she told me that in some governmental offices they have what are known as 'turkey farms.' These are places to put low productivity staff so they don't poison the atmosphere among the hard-working people like you describe.
@ElwoodBlues And, when all else fails, promote them.