I have a older coworker who changed her hours to part-time. We have a lot of processes with lots of people involved from beginning to end, and this coworker is at the end of it, so any mistakes made earlier usually land on her and she has to research, call, email, confront, beg, etc to get things fixed before she can actually do her job.
She doesn't "act" busy (as discussed on another forum topic), she is genuinely working hard the whole day. She is a perfectionist and takes things to heart way too often. I brought her some more paperwork during an especially busy time and almost brought her to tears placing it on her desk.
At least once a week she says "I'm going to get fired over this"(for something she can't fix), or when she's frustrated off-handedly says that she's going to quit. She never does.
But what kills me is that she can!
Her husband works and makes much more than she does. They don't NEED her income for anything! Not even to pay for unnecessary status-consumption!
Even worse, her husband doesn't actually need to work either! He qualifies already for his company's retirement package. They could retire RIGHT NOW.
I just don't get it. The job sucks. And yet she lets a new manager come in and tell her she needs to go back to full-time. She should be writing a story on the "Epic FU Stories" thread but sadly, she may be here until she dies.