Three months back, I started work at an
advertising firm based in Singapore. I am perfectly fine with
dealing with difficult bosses and clients because it is my job to
meet their demands. Surprisingly, it is my co-workers that I find
annoying. I find myself staying back after office hours not to
clear my own work but to help them clear theirs! Yes, I smile at
them every day at work and assist them whenever they need me but
come on, I have my own deadlines to meet too! And whenever I say
that I have too much on my plate, they’ll give me the “oh come on
young boy! I’m sure you can handle this! Good learning opportunity
for you!” crap. What ticks me off the most is when I heard them
telling my boss that I have been slacking in office and that they
have been doing my work for me – like come on, I freaking do their
work for them and there they are saying that I have been stealing
credit for things that they do?
I am by no means the most inexperienced
in the team. I completed a six month internship with the
advertising firm a year back but that was in a different
department. I am now with the firm as a management trainee but I am
seriously having second thoughts about staying on. I really want to
value-add to the business and grow it but I find myself spending
almost all my time doing their work for them just because I am more
junior than they are.
What should I do?
