Tester that doesn't test

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Published on 2012-04-13T17:00:35Z Indexed on 2012/04/13 17:42 UTC
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What should I do about a tester that does not test?

We have a complicated dry run scenario, that takes a lot of time to execute. Mostly this tester will execute it's tests in very slow way...checking emails, internet, etc. He reports just a few bugs, but!

Whenever the official dry-run begins (these are logged with testlink) the tester starts to open new bugs that where not discovered before.

Is he not doing his job correctly? Or am I just overlooking how tests work?

I'm not his supervisor, but he is testing code that I wrote.

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