Many people become the go-to person everyone at work relies on for more and more job functions until they are unable to keep up.
At work, no matter what the job is at the start, they end up being put in charge of multiple people's jobs as they leave the company, take sick or maternity leave, or in lieu of hiring more staff.
Should these people start being worse at their job? Or play up their ability to do the primary job they were hired for?
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