120 - Smelly employees and other sensitive situations

When a coworker's poor hygiene or bad habits start to affect the entire office, or worse yet, clients, something has to be done.

There's one in every workplace.

The employee may smell awful, talk too loudly, have a messy workspace, or have other habits that infringe on their coworker's ability to concentrate and work efficiently.

Let's not forget the coworker who steals other people's lunches.

These are situations that make it frustrating and embarrassing for everyone.

Someone has to take the initiative to communicate with the person in question.

Who should be given the task?

Should it always be put on HR's plate to deal with such issues?

Not every office has an HR department.

Ignoring workplace interruptions, which all of these examples are, just pull the whole team down.

How does your workplace deal with situations such as, the person who doesn't use deodorant, bathe, or is unconsciously disruptive?

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