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All it does is get me more work, lol. Every time I suggest an initiative or process improvement, it becomes my problem for the next few months.
100% every time. It’s better to just do the work they give you well. Meet expectations, don’t exceed them.
I used to help everyone with their own work, but then it reached the point where I was in burnout, and as soon as I stopped "helping", I was called out for not being a team player and for being lazy.
Have you been through anything similar? Perhaps a few more tips would be good for me.
Yes. The above and beyond became my baseline, so when I stepped back to normal, I was now falling behind. It can put you in a good position, just tread carefully.
For yourself or for the false premise that it's what you can keep accomplishing is not sustainable for me.
No, I went above and beyond in two ways:
1/ On the work that got made:
I created high-quality work that directly advanced my career, leading to awards, promotions, and raises.
2/ On pitches or work that didn’t get made: Even when the work didn’t launch, it earned me internal recognition and helped me build a strong network of people who advocate for me across agencies, people who respect my work and would vouch for me.
If you consistently phone it in, you’ll eventually feel it, and so will your career.
Btw: “Going above and beyond” doesn’t mean I don’t have a personal life.
Work-life balance isn’t always about strict boundaries. Sometimes, going above and beyond has actually earned me more freedom.
Putting in extra time early on led to some of the best work of my career, work that got noticed, won awards, and helped me build trust. That trust has given me more flexibility: I can be selective about the projects I take on, work hard when it matters, and ease off when it doesn’t, as long as I deliver.
Ironically, those moments of overtime gave me the kind of work that gave me status and credibility to shape a more balanced life. If I had left every day at 5 p.m. as a junior “on principle,” I don’t think I’d have the skills that would govern me the same freedom I enjoy now.
Yes.
Yes it actually has. Because I was willing to go above and beyond my coworkers were able to slack and my boss came to me to clean up their messes. I basically became way too relied upon.