'I REFUSE to work if I’m not getting paid': Overworked employee goes part time, leaving entitled coworkers to fend for themselves

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Dec 2, 2025 10:00 AM EST

A hardworking employee finally reached her breaking point after her three other incompetent coworkers pushed all of their work on her. It wasn't just the stuff they couldn't do, it was the stuff they just didn't want to do. They had full access and ability to do the work, and, in fact, it is their job to do it, and yet they still pushed it onto this other employee. Even during her breaks or days off they would reach out to her demanding they do the work they were supposed to do. So she decided she had enough. 

 

Turns out her company was looking for places to make cuts, so when she requested to work less, they were happy to give her Wednesdays off. Now, she only works four days a week with a break in between. What will her coworkers do? It is unsure, but they are definitely going to flounder for a while. They could hardly survive without her for an hour when she would go on break! A whole day every single week will most definitely help shine a light on their incompetence. A win is a win, and now, this hardworking employee is not only getting a well-deserved break, but also so karma on her entitled coworkers!

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  • I am working part time now, as the only CSR in our very busy insurance office.
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  • (This was not my choice btw. Agent needed to cut back due to losing sales.) My three coworkers are sales.
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  • Two of them HATE service work. The third sales rep is new and still learning. If I'm out just a couple hours, I get to hear about how busy they were "We had to do this.
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  • We had to do that." "I didn't get to leave at 5." (That's because you don't set boundaries with customers.
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  • I never stay late and all I do is customer service. That's a you problem.) They refuse to solve customer billing inquiries on their own and send them to me.
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  • I.e. I'm not only chest deep in my own work, but they are all constantly sending me messages to "call" this person, "can you look at so and so's billing?" "I can't figure this out, can you look at it?" All day.
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  • Every day. They also send changes to me they are perfectly capable of doing themselves, while they are talking to said customer who is requesting the change.
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  • If they were at least selling, fine. I am the CSR after all. But sales are down.
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  • They spend over half the day chit chatting and not working. Anyway. It's going to be very interesting to see how they fair, me being out for an entire day, every single week.
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  • From now on. If they don't even like me being out for an hour or two on occasion.
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  • Or taking a sick day. Because it means they have to work. And if they think they're going to call or text me when I'm off, they are in for a surprise.
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  • I'm at home, not at work. I'm not getting paid to work. I'm not working. I REFUSE to work if I'm not getting paid.
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  • So they will have to figure shit out themselves when I'm out, or I'll follow up when I'm back in the office.
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