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if you like doing your job and going home, how do you bear with coworkers who are lazier but more popular than you and get away with doing less?

cross-posted from: linux.community/post/1144192

you might be an introvert, passionate about your job, or simply old enough to disregard friendships at work because you already have enough friends and a family.

The coworkers I like the most are the ones that come to work, don’t like drama, do their job and go home. That’s what I try to do.

However, there are always some established cliques who know how to play the unit / supervisor and get away doing much less, even feeling entitled to order you around, even though they are not your supervisor.

To people who experience this. How do you tolerate it? Even after changing jobs, this can happen at your new workplace, maybe it happens in every workplace?

FartsWithAnAccent ,
@FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io avatar

Do less too, if anyone dares to complain, document and point out the double standard then remind your employer that discrimination is illegal. If they punish you, sue and get rich I guess.

Or

Find a new job

Or

Just ignore it if you aren't stressed out with the amount of work you have

Or

Play the game too, humans are social creatures at the end of the day

We don't really know your life or situation so at best, all the advice here is educated guessing or worse.

RadicalEagle ,

I don’t let what other people do ruin my happiness. If I’m happy with the work I’m doing and the amount I’m getting paid then I really don’t care what other people do.

infuziSporg ,
@infuziSporg@hexbear.net avatar

If you like doing your job and going home

You enjoy your employment and you even enjoy your commute. Then what’s the problem? Are your coworkers having an even better time at work than you are? I don’t understand.

owenfromcanada ,
@owenfromcanada@lemmy.world avatar

In as much as it pertains to me, I don’t tolerate it. Otherwise, if people want to bullshit their way through their career, I don’t really care. This happens in every company that has more than one employee (almost).

If someone else starts ordering me around when they don’t have the authority to do so, assuming it would change my course of action, I’ll tell them politely that I might be able to get to that when I have time. If they escalate it, I tell them to talk to my boss about rearranging my priorities. And if they do that and succeed, that’s fine. Once you establish that you don’t report to them, I’ve found they typically leave me alone. If not, I talk to my boss about it in private.

Maeve ,

What the guy over there said.

davel ,
@davel@lemmy.ml avatar

It somewhat depends. Is it unionized work? Is it hourly or salary? What type of work, and what are the metrics for quality/quantity of output?

faltryka ,

I used to be more sensitive to feeling like other people were getting more recognition for less work.

Over time though I’ve grown to realize that usually they are just doing something that I don’t fully understand yet, and I’ve gotten far greater rewards from trying to learn from them.

treadful ,
@treadful@lemmy.zip avatar

That’s a very well adjusted point of view.

Don’t be like me, that bottles up resentment that comes out in unexpected ways, which then leads to you being the first one laid off because you’re the least enjoyable to work with.

GBU_28 ,

Do you want to focus on your job or a social club ?

slacktoid ,
@slacktoid@lemmy.ml avatar

Dude. There is workplace politics.

GBU_28 ,

If that matters, then it’s part of the job, not a social club

slacktoid ,
@slacktoid@lemmy.ml avatar

No its not. Its what happens when you get a bunch of people in the room. The job description does not mention socializing with people.

MrsDoyle ,

Sometimes it’s couched as “team player”. Some jobs I had it absolutely mattered who you were friends with.

corsicanguppy ,

mattered

But briefly, am I right? That kind of problem is best solved by changing your work address.

slacktoid ,
@slacktoid@lemmy.ml avatar

Not always, it’s mostly office culture in many places. Finding one where that doesn’t happen is hard. Usually depends on the discipline the manager or boss has to not accidentally pick favorites and catch that behavior. Which doesn’t always happen. There are some people, but they are a rare breed. People always end up forming cliques, and whoever is in the clique with the boss had an advantage in the workplace.

GBU_28 ,

Pick your lane dude. I’m saying the post as described focuses on the job description.

So, should you care about the job, or the chit chat?

If politics are required for the job, but not listed in the job description (real world) then that must be discussed. If not, focus on your work.

slacktoid ,
@slacktoid@lemmy.ml avatar

what lane dude?

So, should you care about the job, or the chit chat?

the job, duh, but you also get skipped on promotions and other shit cause youre not involved in the chitchat. its how the politics affect your career. have you had a job before?

If politics are required for the job, but not listed in the job description (real world) then that must be discussed. If not, focus on your work.

which job actually lists “take part in office politics” in the job description?

GBU_28 ,

Obviously. Are you trying to obscure things?

I’ve clearly stated that if “you” feel you need to handle the office politics to succeed, then that’s a conversation to have.

If your job allows you to focus on your task without political concerns (like specific contract work where promotion isn’t a thing), then who cares about the social cliques?

slacktoid ,
@slacktoid@lemmy.ml avatar

cool bro, have a nice day

flamingo_pinyata ,

Well if there’s a choice - social club. What’s even the point of having a job if you work all day just to survive and then try to squeeze socializing in the little time that remains until you need to sleep

GBU_28 ,

Post said “if you like doing your job”

So discussion on changing work life balance isn’t relevant.

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