> Assuming that my coworker and girlfriend aren't lazy or incompetent and are acting in good faith, what might be the cause of the managers behaving this way, a

> Assuming that my coworker and girlfriend aren't lazy or incompetent and are acting in good faith, what might be the cause of the managers behaving this way, and how can they manage the situation for less frustration? The manager is likely incompetent. He/she is allocating the task to multiple people as a way to insure against failure. I've witnessed this first hand. It's a major waste of resources. If it's a big company, I'd get the manager to put requests/tasks in an email and just do them. The manager is going to get "retraining" soon enough. Wait out the storm. If it's a smaller company, I'd keep doing whatever I'm already doing and find a better job ASAP.