[103catwoman]

I'm a new staff for an office which have two staffs only(including me). My senior always rejected to teach the job duty. She will have maternity leave in Feb2009.

My boss(he is in Taipei) already asked her to handover all the job duty to me ASAP. But she still keep all the job duty by herself. What should I do for this situation? Should I let my boss know this situation? And how?

Hope to have solution for this.

Thanks

Amy

[Jodith]

My solution would be to send her an e-mail with a copy to the boss. Don't complain, just say something like "When do you want to get together so you can start showing the the duties I'll need to handle while you're out on maternity leave? I want to be able to get a good handle on your processes before you have to take off." If she doesn't respond, go to her and say, "I know you're really busy, but I'd really like to get some training on what duties I'll be filling while you're out."

Then if she responds negatively or fails to respond, take it to the boss. But give her a chance first by asking politely.

[Ms. Bridgette Jones]

I would go to her first and just ask her to let you know what will be expected of you. Sometimes, you have to approach the other person. She may be worried that you will overshadow her or maybe do her job better and so sometimes people get a little defensive. Just be nice, assure her that you are there to help her. Most likely, your main boss will not have the time and will not want to walk you through the steps which means you will be "baptised by fire" so to speak or as it was at my job - they had the "sink or swim" mentality. Sometimes you just have to jump in and do the best you can with the situation - more likely than not, you will discover that you will at least float and not sink! Don't take anything personally either. One thing I have learned is try to just keep things very professional and no matter how anyone acts, it's business, it's not personally directed at you. Good luck!