Here’s the situation. I am a supervisor for a 2-person department that is very slow. I have been finding my assistant (been here for 18 years) sleeping at the front desk where she is supposed to greet and help other employees with requests. I spoke with her about how inappropriate this was for her to be blatantly dozing at her desk. She brushed it off and told me “she would be the one in trouble if anyone found her sleeping, so don’t worry about it.” I had to explain to her that I was the supervisor of the office and that I would be in trouble for not supervising! I brought it up with my director to cover my end just in case an employee walks in to see her napping and reports it to H.R. or my director. My director is very moody so it’s hard to tell what kind of answer you will get. She suggested that I give her more work, which is hard when there is no incoming work and you can only file and clean the office so many times. She also didn’t want me keeping a record of the times I found her sleeping because that could cause problems with H.R.! How do I cover myself in this situation? I have to write her review and I was thinking of writing one of her goals was to come to work after a good nights sleep or something. It’s tough because I’m not getting any support from my boss and our H.R. dept isn’t exactly employee friendly. How do I protect myself?
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She has wormed her way out of anything wrong she had done and denied sleeping when I have tapped her on the shoulder to wake her up. She is also a foreigner and believes there is a target on her back because of it.