[tharkun__]

I know this kind of colleague unfortunately. Actually there are a couple of different types that express themselves in the way the article shows (or slight variations of).

One type is the one that just never gets it. They really have no idea how to do their job but they know how to work other people to do their job for them. As long as _someone_ responds to them this will continue. If _everybody_ stopped responding to them, someone in charge might actually get a clue and just get rid of them, because their "output" would go near zero.

Some do this via being nice, sociable people, while others try it through intimidation. Like "I need to get X done. You need to help me, VP of XYZ needs this by EOD", basically implying that you're on the hook for their work and the VP of XYZ would see it as _your_ failure if you didn't do this guys work for him.