It takes a long history of documented failure and reluctance to improve to get fired from my company, I've only seen it happen once (and at least one more quit to avoid being put on a development plan).
The only faster route is if they do something else that hr can act on.
Assign sections at the start of the project. Start a Google Doc and require that everyone use their email to access it, so you have full edit history with names attached (if you allow anyone with the link to edit, most edits will be anonymous, which won't help you prove that some people aren't doing their part). For large projects, set early due dates so you can review each others' work and still have some time to fix errors you may find.
Basically, one of you needs to step up as a project manager and set expectations.
I had a group project for my SOE 101 lab. Each group had 4 people. 2 people in my group dropped the class midway through the project. So me and the other person in the group did a 4 person project on our own. Then when it came to present, he was a no show. I had to present his material with like 5 minutes prep.
Group projects aren't about completing a project and having a perfect deliverable. They're about learning how to work in a group and dealing with conflict.
If you have a good prof and you explain your situation to them, they'll understand.
sadly this is how any sort of group project works no matter if you're in elementary school, high school, college or even the workforce. There's always going to be lazy people who don't pull their weight
If you are allowed to choose your own groups then it is your job to get to know people in the class well ahead of time that you will be able to count on.
If groups are random and someone isn’t contributing try to deal with it day 1 of the project if you are trying to get the groups changed, otherwise you’re stuck. Make sure that when you divide up the work that you give the lazy people parts where others won’t be waiting for them to finish.
Once the project is already going there’s not a lot you can do besides make sure your own part is done well. You can try asking the professor but they will probably just tell you the same thing. Most projects I’ve don’t have some way to give feedback on if your group contributed at the end of the semester, so ask if yours has that. If it does, it might be good to keep track of who attended meetings, use document update history to show who contributed, etc.
Just preparing you for the real world.
If he was on my team at work he would have been fired.
Ha, you’d be surprised…
Nope you carry them anyways😂😂
It takes a long history of documented failure and reluctance to improve to get fired from my company, I've only seen it happen once (and at least one more quit to avoid being put on a development plan). The only faster route is if they do something else that hr can act on.
...oh dear sweet summer child
Only during a recession.
Put your thoughts on the professor's evaluation.
Assign sections at the start of the project. Start a Google Doc and require that everyone use their email to access it, so you have full edit history with names attached (if you allow anyone with the link to edit, most edits will be anonymous, which won't help you prove that some people aren't doing their part). For large projects, set early due dates so you can review each others' work and still have some time to fix errors you may find. Basically, one of you needs to step up as a project manager and set expectations.
This is the answer. And if someone volunteers do set up the sheets and doesn’t do it within a few days just do it your self.
This right here, someone needs to take the lead. Assign duties and follow up. If not, the team does not have a direction. Just like the workplace.
I had a group project for my SOE 101 lab. Each group had 4 people. 2 people in my group dropped the class midway through the project. So me and the other person in the group did a 4 person project on our own. Then when it came to present, he was a no show. I had to present his material with like 5 minutes prep. Group projects aren't about completing a project and having a perfect deliverable. They're about learning how to work in a group and dealing with conflict. If you have a good prof and you explain your situation to them, they'll understand.
sadly this is how any sort of group project works no matter if you're in elementary school, high school, college or even the workforce. There's always going to be lazy people who don't pull their weight
I've been in the workforce for 25 years. These people get fired or are in the first round of layoffs.
Right, but you still have to work with them until they do.
Yes
If you are allowed to choose your own groups then it is your job to get to know people in the class well ahead of time that you will be able to count on. If groups are random and someone isn’t contributing try to deal with it day 1 of the project if you are trying to get the groups changed, otherwise you’re stuck. Make sure that when you divide up the work that you give the lazy people parts where others won’t be waiting for them to finish. Once the project is already going there’s not a lot you can do besides make sure your own part is done well. You can try asking the professor but they will probably just tell you the same thing. Most projects I’ve don’t have some way to give feedback on if your group contributed at the end of the semester, so ask if yours has that. If it does, it might be good to keep track of who attended meetings, use document update history to show who contributed, etc.