The Aquarius coworker wants everything broken down in a shareable document that everyone on the team can access and see. They expect that every effort, every hour, and every cent in the organization will be equally spent.
Yes, the Aquarius coworker seems goofy and easy going. They take their shoes off at work, don’t they? They talk about their sex life loudly and the workplace is full of their personal belongings. But take note: the Aquarius coworker is usually a workaholic coworker.
The reason why they take their shoes off is because they are used to working past the last train and sleeping in the office. The reason why the workplace is full of their personal belongings is because they basically live there. The reason why Aquarius talks about their sex life so frequently is because they are trying to grow out of their tendency of sacrificing personal relationships to work longer hours and random hookups provide them with a type of intimacy that works for the time being.
No, your Aquarius coworker does not ask you questions about your personal life. That’s your personal life and they’re not trying to hear about it in case they accidentally make you uncomfortable at any future date. They don’t allow anyone else to leave personal belongings around either. They clean up, minimize clutter, and throw a lot of shit away.
The trick to making a workplace that happens to have an Aquarius in it functional is to just let them take over. Just let them take over everything. They’re around all the time anyway and they know how to automate an email, use a spreadsheet, and update the teams flow from three different accounts through which they play three different roles. They don’t like to explain themselves so you’ll never know how they do it anyway.
Of course, when you let an Aquarius coworker take over your workplace you will quickly start to notice that there are certain tasks that are always done and certain tasks that never get done.
A workplace with an Aquarius coworker seems extremely functional because all parts that the Aquarius in question has taken over are running extremely well. Not only does Aquarius keep things running well, they also love to chat. They have this weird ability to keep three different processes running at once all while having the trippiest conversations with you about psychotherapy or the new horror movie that just came out. No one else is able to pull this off. That means that, while Aquarius is working steadily and happily, chatting all the while, everyone else is just sitting around keeping them entertained.
But Aquarius is not trying to do everything. Remember that Aquarius keeps track of who has done what and they prefer that work, resources, and pay are all equally divided. That means that Aquarius has left a lot of tasks for other people to do but, since they have a live-and-let-live personality, they won’t tell you what they expect you to do. And since they are super chatty, the people who they work with tend to become super forgetful.
The trash has been full for weeks. The bathroom is a mess. Food rots in the shared fridge and, if you work in a store, then no product is where they’re supposed to be on the shelf. Meanwhile, every single digital or paper based system is functioning almost seamlessly. That’s all of the signs that an Aquarius has taken over the work environment.
Since your Aquarius coworkers seem like they’re the office manager, you might make the mistake of calling them up and asking them questions. If you do this, you will find that they are unavailable. Aquarius knows what they are doing. Why should they spare any brain power thinking about what you should be doing?
Aquarius likes to sit at a computer and get things done. They are not moving around. That means that physical tasks, things like cleaning up or putting things where they need to go, do not get done. Even though Aquarius likes to divide things equally, they will jump on tasks that they like and leave the tasks that they do not like for others. To them, this is equality.
Of course, there are people who like doing physical tasks. Most fire and earth signs are included in that list. However, these people may not realize that there is work that was left to them to do because, again, they are sitting around having a ball chatting the stationary and always present Aquarius up for half of every paid hour.
Yes, a lot of fun. Also extremely distracting. Smoke break? Aquarius is coming. In fact, they never left the smoke corner.
Telling jokes, starting reading groups, and sharing gross stories—all in an extremely messy but somehow well functioning workspace. Sharing gross stories while never sharing personal details. Starting reading groups but not talking about personal lives. Telling jokes but never taking any of them personally.
Yes, that’s an Aquarius centric workplace. And which Aquarius is not the pillar of almost every workplace that they enter? The Aquarius coworker is not just a simple coworker. They are the coworker who has become a stand-in for the workplace itself.
