Does Your Coworker’s Poor Work Make You Look Bad?
From My Crazy Office by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster
May 19, 2026 · 12 min
About this episode
Kathi and Katherine discuss how to handle situations where a coworker's poor work habits negatively impact your own performance.
In this episode of My Crazy Office, Kathi and Katherine address a very frustrating situation: what do you do when a coworker’s poor work habits make YOU look bad? They start with a question from someone who relies on the data from a coworker to do her job. The data she receives is always late, and often incomplete. Kathi and Katherine discuss how to manage a situation where someone else’s poor work could make you look bad.
People in this episode
Hosts: Kathi, Katherine
Topics covered
- coworker relationships
- work performance
- professional reputation
- workplace challenges
- data management
Keywords
- coworker
- poor work habits
- work performance
- data issues
- professional reputation
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