so, at some point in the near future (depending on who I ask, I get different answers from everyone involved) I'm transferring departments within my company into a more technical position (yay for more money, a better title, and getting to work from home). it's all well and good, except I've got a coworker who keeps asking me to try and get him "in" once I'm settled into the new job.
the problem? said coworker is a complete dumbass and is barely holding onto the job he's got now, much less moving into a more demanding position. there's no way in hell I'd want the reputation I've spent 5+ years building up within this company tied up with him. his line is that even though he's in no way even marginally qualified, he's a fast learner, but in the past year and a half that I've worked with this guy, I've never once seen him make an independent effort to expand his skill-set and work on the areas where he's weak... and in a job where working on your own, unsupervised, is practically what the whole gig is, he's the last person I'd trust. I work with him on weekends when there's no management around and without someone telling him specifically what to do and keeping on his ass until he does it, he drifts back and forth between watching dvds and sleeping for his entire shift.
so how the F do I tell him all that while remaining polite and professional so he leaves me alone about trying to get him a promotion that he's incapable of earning on his own merits?
the problem? said coworker is a complete dumbass and is barely holding onto the job he's got now, much less moving into a more demanding position. there's no way in hell I'd want the reputation I've spent 5+ years building up within this company tied up with him. his line is that even though he's in no way even marginally qualified, he's a fast learner, but in the past year and a half that I've worked with this guy, I've never once seen him make an independent effort to expand his skill-set and work on the areas where he's weak... and in a job where working on your own, unsupervised, is practically what the whole gig is, he's the last person I'd trust. I work with him on weekends when there's no management around and without someone telling him specifically what to do and keeping on his ass until he does it, he drifts back and forth between watching dvds and sleeping for his entire shift.
so how the F do I tell him all that while remaining polite and professional so he leaves me alone about trying to get him a promotion that he's incapable of earning on his own merits?
