One of My Co-Workers Is Too “Scared” to Do a Crucial Part of Her Job

Good Job Guess who’s picking up the slack? Sept 03, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Unsplash and MangoStar_Studio/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Good Job, I, along with my co-worker “Brooke,” work in a sub-department in a warehouse for a large manufacturing company. We handle the shipping of certain parts. My summer hours (and normal work hours) are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. During the school year, I flex my hours, with management approval, to 5:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. so I can leave and pick up my kids from school. B