Re:Ask HN: Are you ok?
by swozey on Thursday September 12, 2019 @03:33PM
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Sounds like you might be more of a lynchpin to the team than the other commenter (which isn't a negative to them). You could try being less available, say no more often, etc. But some people just can't get away from it.
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Here's a forbes article[0] about this phenomenon. Top performers get rewarded with more work in organizations generally speaking. The next job I have I am going to attempt to appear less competent as I have found that getting a 5% raise rather than 3% isn't really worth all the extra hours and weekends.
[0]https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2018/01/25/the-curse-of...