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done. There are a million reasons why the work is unfinished, but Brian relies on the fact that others in the department will pick up the slack and hopes no one will notice.

8. The Facebook addict.
This applies to MySpace, Twitter, WordPress, ESPN, Charles Schwab, Yahoo, you name it. Every time you walk up to Beverly, she's quickly shutting down a window. She apparently thinks you're stupid and won't question her furtive behavior.

9. The gossip.
If Carrie would spend half the time doing her own work as she spends stepping into your office to rat out a coworker, the place would purr like a kitten. And that's just the gossip she brings into your office, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of time she spends gossiping with her peers. Not only is she not doing work and fostering a bad morale, but she's taking up her coworkers' time, too. While she talks, neither Carrie nor the listener is getting anything done.

10. The absentee.
Let's face it, at least all the previous employee types show up to work. When Paula calls out sick day after day and week after week, everyone else has to pick up the slack, yourself included.

You can deal with employees who struggle to learn new tasks, or who occasionally slip and say the wrong thing. Is it so much to ask that employees show up, be agreeable when given work to do, take feedback with grace, and get the job done? After all, that's what you're paying them for.

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