Post by @thedarkhorsehq

The reason you’re buried and the entitled one is comfortable is not an accident. Your reliability is paying for their entitlement, and your manager set it up that way. There’s someone on your team who does the bare minimum, dodges the hard stuff, and acts like the rules are for other people. And instead of the manager dealing with them, the work quietly reroutes to you. Because you’ll catch it. You always catch it. The entitled one isn’t getting away with anything, they’re being enabled, and you’re funding it. Here’s how you know. The unglamorous work keeps landing on your desk while theirs disappears. You’ve heard “you’re just so dependable” right before getting handed something that wasn’t yours. So here’s what you do, because fixing the entitled coworker is a dead end. Make the invisible visible. When the reroute comes, put it in writing. “Happy to take this on. Which of my priorities should move, since this was originally assigned to them?” You’re not refusing. You’re making someone upstairs actually look at the distribution. And stop volunteering to be the safety net. Every quiet cover is a vote for the arrangement to continue. The entitled one was never the reason you’re exhausted. It’s a manager who found it easier to lean on you than to lead them. #highperformers #toxicworkplace #careeradvice #workplaceculture #badmanagers