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    Employee starts new job in 4 days while their clingy, ‘helpless’ coworker will be left to their own devices: ‘I've almost made myself insane from trying to help her’

    If you've ever trained another employee who couldn't seem to understand the job they were hired for, you are owed compensation in the form of emotional damages. It's not easy being the only employee at your company who actually values work ethic and doing things the correct way, especially when you and the other three slackers on your team are getting the same biweekly paycheck and merit bonuses.

    Some would argue that the "adjustment period" after being hired is normal, that the whole "in one ear, out the other" ditsyness is temporary. After nine months of the same helpless behavior from your colleagues, however, you might begin to wonder if they're simply not cut out for the job they were hired for.

    This next story focuses on an employee who starts a new job in less than a week, and their "helpless" coworker, who hasn't understood anything about their role at the company in the nine months they've been working there. Endless repeated questions, suffocating shadowing, and everything else that might push a few buttons in a close-cubicle space can really exacerbate your existing frustrations at work. Just ask the employee who shares this story—we're sure you've come across a colleague at some point in your career who just couldn't get a grip. Scroll below to read the full story.

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