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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Over the past year, I’ve been working in a pretty complex area at my job that had a steep learning curve and a heavy workload. Around the same time, a colleague joined and was assigned to a different workstream that seemed noticeably lighter.

While I was heads-down trying to get up to speed—building relationships, figuring things out, and managing a lot of moving pieces—she seemed to have more bandwidth and started inserting herself into my area. There were even a few times she gave updates on my work when I was out, which I found a bit odd.

Then we had a leadership change, and things shifted quickly. She was promoted into a role overseeing reporting and communications across multiple workstreams—including mine. Since then, she’s become the visible face of the work: meeting with leadership, presenting updates, and acting as the main point of contact, while I’m still doing the day-to-day execution.

Recently, my manager pulled me aside and asked if I’m “happy” in my role and whether I see it as a long-term fit, or if I’d want to move to something else. This caught me off guard because I haven’t expressed any dissatisfaction. At the same time, another person was added to my workstream, and it feels like my role is being diluted.

So now I’m trying to figure out—did I just get outmaneuvered here? Is this normal office politics, or a sign I’m being quietly pushed out of my area?
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Get out now. Express an interest in something else and move on. Let your friend take on the full responsibility for the work that they were so keen to take on the reporting updates for. [/quote]

This is a fantastic strategy! Most people come in thinking they can take over workload, not understandable, complexity of projects or programs 
and end up failing because leadership fails to understand the technicality of the overall scope of work. [/quote]

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