Entitled coworker goes on sick leave for 4 weeks after overworked employee refuses to do her job for her: 'I just didn’t think it was fair to dump her work on me'

There is a difference between coworkers asking for some assistance from their fellow employees and coworkers who fully ask others to do their jobs for them. Sure, after someone has just started in a certain position, a little hand-holding is necessary as new hires get adjusted to the swing of things. 

This is often for the best of all parties involved, so that no major errors occur either. However, once that grace period has passed, independence is pretty necessary if you want the coworkers on your team to like you. The last thing you want is for them to have to endure your work tasks on top of theirs. It's not good for your reputation as a worker, and it's not good for their own presumably full plates. Let this story serve as further proof that asking your coworker to do too many tasks on your behalf will inevitably backfire. 

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