I got pulled into something today that had nothing to do with my role, but somehow it became my problem anyway. No one really asked, it just kind of landed on me and stuck. I handled it, but it made me think about how often boundaries get blurred at work. At what point does being helpful turn into just absorbing everyone else’s responsibilities without realizing it?

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....if you have to ask, you're already at that point my friend. You have to learn how to say no to people. It's not comfortable, but you can't let your work suffer because you're too busy being a team player.

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That’s kind of what I was afraid of hearing because if I’m honest, I already know I’ve been letting that happen. I keep telling myself I’m just being helpful, but at some point it stops feeling like teamwork and starts feeling like I’m quietly becoming the default person for things that were never mine to begin with.

Oof 😓, this is a hard one. They always say that you can’t say “it’s not my job”, and they’ve added that “we can add more duties to your role and/or your duties may change at any time without notice” to most job descriptions all to cover these situations…it’s annoying, but within their right. However, if it’s egregious and you are absorbing responsibilities someone else could very well take care of without overload, I’d speak up….

That’s exactly the gray area that makes this so frustrating. I get that roles shift and nobody gets to say that’s not my job every five minutes, but there’s definitely a point where it starts feeling less like flexibility and more like people seeing how much I’ll absorb before I push back. I think that’s the part I need to get better at recognizing sooner.

As they say in Silicone Valley…there’s a 100 people waiting for your job.

That comment is brutal, but honestly it’s also part of why so many people just keep taking on more than they should. There’s always that pressure in the back of your mind that if you stop being the easy yes, someone else will. I hate that that’s how it feels sometimes, but I can’t even pretend I don’t get the point.

I work with the mindset that as long as it fits into my hours, it is my job when it is asked of me. I don't want to be the person who sticks up her nose at something outside of her job description if I have the capacity to take it on.

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