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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course. They delude themselves into thinking they are indispensable at work.

Spoiler alert: no one is indispensable to their employer.[/quote]

This. I have one friend like this and I often wonder if she’s really going to regret everything she voluntarily put into work. She just cannot say no to work when they ask her to wear yet another hat, but they keep giving her more responsibilities because she doesn’t push back. I think she doesn’t push back so she can avoid being at home. Her child has some special needs and needs a LOT of attention and she feels validated at work.

She can always justify why she needs to take that extra trip or stay late at an event or work on vacation or on a day she’s taken PTO etc. On the weekends she’ll text me that she’s working inside and ask if she can send her kid out to play with mine. There’s always a work related reason why she can’t be with her kid.  My opinion is not due to her being a woman and mom—her DH can have similar tendencies but knows when enough is enough and can set some boundaries. My friend cannot or will not set boundaries with work and therefore she almost is never not working. [/quote]

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