Company forces employee to absorb coworker's job after they quit, but does it gradually to keep employee from noticing, they protest: 'My calendar is packed'

Nobody wants to work these days… more than what they are being paid for.

Every time your boss approaches you with a new task or an addition to your daily workload, the first thing you should ask yourself before taking it on is: "Am I being paid enough to do this?"

Wanting to prove yourself at your job shouldn't mean you must overwork yourself to burnout, and no one should feel bad about telling their boss that they have enough on their plate at the moment. 'No' is a full sentence, even if you say it to a manager. If they can't see value in an employee who knows their limits, they may not be the type of person you want to work for.

Any manager would try to save money for the company by letting one employee do the work of two, as long as they can get away with it. When the coworker in the story below quit their job, that is exactly what the manager tried to do with the remaining employee. Without saying much, this boss added one task after the other to the employee's workload, until they basically found themselves doing their coworker's job on top of their own. 

After a subtle pat on their back, and no talk about a title change or compensation for doing the job of two, this employee realised exactly the situation they gotten themselves into: They showed their manager that the company can refrain from hiring a replacement for the coworker who left, and they willingly put themselves in a position they cannot take back.

Now, this employee is unsure of how to proceed. Should they stand up for themselves and tell their boss exactly what tasks they are willing and unwilling to do, or should they give up completely and look for another job? One thing they know for sure is that they can't keep working while doing the job of two, but for some reason, they find it too hard to say that to their boss…

Keep scrolling to read the full story, and let us know in the comments below what you would have done in that situation. After that, check out this story of a hotel clerk who taught an entitled guest a lesson.