| My first tech job was in a very small company which was able to survive only because it could navigate such situations. I was the maverick in this scenario BTW. At the moment there's not a lot you can do, considering you're going on vacation - try not to think about work during your time off. But what you can do in the long run is to figure out their motivations. Here's my assessment of the situation: Problem 1: The maverick thinks they're too good for this job and they'll show you all and whatnot. Solution: show them that there's more to this job than leet coding and picking up the new shiny. Divide their tasks into the smallest chunks possible - ideally ones which can be finished in a day. Schedule regular updates(ideally daily) during which they will tell you what they've accomplished in terms of value to the user. They'll protest all that, in which case remind them that you're all here for the users - that's the priority. Also really - if they're as good as they think then surely they can deliver multiple small tasks? --- Problem 2: the copy-paster just needs to keep this job and thus focuses on delivering whatever to, in their view, appease their superiors. Start off by making them feel safe and stopping this unnecessary theater - at least in front of you. Then give them something to learn - something which requires going through documentation and actually understanding the problem. Something that they can't copy-paste from somewhere else. BTW how does the maverick judge the copy-paster's work? |
Maverick either does it for them or finds something online for them to copy.