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[quote=Anonymous]I think this happens in government a lot. I think a lot of people are over utilized,  misutilized, or underutilized.

The good people are given more work and are often very busy. The people who r perceived as not being as good r not given as much work. I think this is management failure when this happens. Managers should be trying to develop everyone's career and balance the workload out evenly. But it is easier for them to dump more work on the smarter more capable people with the better work ethic.

Ironically, often the underutilized or misutilized people are disgruntled they do not have enough work. Their morale is low. If managed better, it is entirely possible they would be very good workers. But somehow they've gotten  marginalized and are not fully utilized.

To answer your question, you need to start saying no. Have a list ready of the projects you're working on and say, I am sorry, but I am already overloaded at the moment. If you are working overtime, keep track of that, so that you can show your supervisor if he insists you keep doing more work.[/quote]

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