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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister is in her late 40s and has gone through a series of profession jobs over the past decade.  Most of these have ended by her being laid off (this field tends to do massive layoffs/hiring as projects start) OR because of her negative attitude.  She is a complainer, big time.

She has been in current job for ~18 months and had her first "talking to" about her attitude.  Her reaction is that she is shocked - because she feels she is justified in her complaints.  And she wants to start looking for a new job.  I want to be supportive, but after this many times in a row ( 3 I can remember in the past 5 years), maybe her employers are right and she needs to be more positive.  How do I nicely tell her this?

For her current situation I do think she's justified based on her side of the story.  her coworker isn't pulling his weight and she complains to everyone about it.  I think since she hasn't had to supervise people she doesn't realize that a supervisor wouldn't waste time on her attitude unless it was really affecting her co-workers.  I just don't know how to tell her to stop complaining without hurting her feelings.  [/quote]

"It sounds like your complaints are all valid (whether or not they really are); but maybe you need to try some different, more constructive ways of expressing them, or even just biting your tongue even when you know you are right.  It doesn't seem fair that you are being punished when your co-worker is the slacker, but you might be complaining more than you realize."  Don't sound too certain (since you weren't there), and empathize.  [/quote]

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