'I am doing the work of 3 people': Top employee gets passed over for promotion

The better you perform at work, the more responsibility you get. And no, you won't get paid more.

Hard workers get more work, while slow, lazy workers keep the same amount. It's one of those unfortunate paradoxes of the office, and it's an easy way for the best and brightest workers to burn themselves out.

This is something that people often find out early in their careers. If you complete your daily tasks by 11 AM, and you inform your boss of that, they won't give you a pat on the back and a smile. They will frown. Then they'll give you plenty of work to keep you occupied for the rest of the day. You'll certainly grow to resent this additional work, because they won't be giving you any extra money for your extra work.

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Being punished for effective at work

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By "give 2nd eye," I believe they're saying that she's asking for someone to double-check their work. So basically, this WFH woman is juggling a lot, and this person is expected to check on her less-than-stellar work.
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This is not a good position to be in...

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This employee is somehow both overworked and also on their manager's nerves? That is a very bad position to be in in any workplace. You need to make your manager look good — you want them to vouch for you, after all.
It's interesting that the manager favors the other worker… I wonder if this person is so busy putting their head down and getting tons of work done that their demeanor is offputting to the others they work with.
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That's the problem with being a superstar employee — you're not going to get paid like an A+ worker. You're going to make exactly the same salary as everyone else doing your type of job. The B+ and C- workers are cashing in the same paycheck every 2 weeks, and they're still getting to enjoy their lives outside of work.
However, this person will have to be cautious how the approach this situation. If they just stop trying, they might get PIP'ed, or even laid off. Best to just have another job lined up, both as security or as a bargaining chip to attempt to get a raise or promotion here.
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Maybe this person's ambition will be better appreciated elsewhere.
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