@jlbarnshaw: Career advice, How office politics often unfairly targets high-performers, excellent workers are frequently marginalized because their performance exposes the mediocrity around them, career growth strategies #careeradvice #youngprofessional #professionalgrowth #careertips #careergrowth
This hit so hard-“You are being punished for being excellent in a room that benefits from mediocrity”. Wow. Thank you for this!
2025-12-10 13:53:11
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Shantika R :
High performers take up the slack for the lazy unproductive employees management won't fire.
2025-12-10 14:16:05
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NyxSignal :
So… show up. Do the minimum or nothing… noted.
2026-02-04 05:30:07
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Justin | Job Search Survival :
B and C players hate A players.
2025-12-10 04:00:23
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Diane Mary :
I’m a high performer and I’m planning my exit 🥰 they can crash and burn for all I care.
2025-12-12 00:26:14
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TonyRossi :
Performance punishment is a real thing. I did 118% of sales budget and then I got a 35% year over year sales budget increase! They set me up to fail, I’m not making those numbers and I know it because I know what I’m doing unlike the PE spreadsheet warriors I work for.
2026-04-08 11:53:05
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nomadic king :
“If your presence offends the wrong people, your in the wrong damn room anyway”
2025-12-10 12:08:56
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English edu :
Office politics / target / high performers - unspoken rules / outperform the rule / expose what they not doing / get less support more resistance side eyes and after meeting conversations / from medicorty / dim your light to make insecure ppl brighter / no one ready for this conversation /
2026-01-31 05:38:55
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think4yourself :
it is absolutely exhausting being an overachiever, especially when your manager feels threatened by you 🤦
2025-12-11 22:17:17
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Beth ✌🏼❤️🌈 :
I just stop pointing issues out. Nobody wants to see them.
2025-12-10 12:21:54
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Andreea Ciocan :
Ooooh, love “you don’t dim your lights to make insecure people feel brighter” 👏👏👏
2025-12-16 19:31:50
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bonny197150 :
Nooooooopoooooooo
2025-12-12 02:23:11
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Rameela :
True
2025-12-10 14:08:05
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Annks10 :
Why does it have to be this way 😭
2025-12-16 18:56:13
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Azzabob :
Yep I was over looked for 7 promotions as I was consistently number 1 sales performer - can’t promote the cash cow
2025-12-13 18:52:14
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Dane_life188 :
This is so true. Unfortunately.
2026-01-17 03:07:03
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X Rebelmoon X :
They watch and dig for one to make an error
2025-12-16 01:36:50
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BananaNotes :
Suddenly the math is mathing 💡💕
2026-01-28 19:58:30
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72Bird :
Preach 🙌🏻
2026-01-31 03:09:31
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Karin Saltz :
💯Agree
2025-12-15 23:04:07
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Bausboo :
You don’t get rewarded you just get more work. And most of the time you’re mobbed and harassed bc you’re actually competent
2025-12-20 03:52:42
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Snorlax Roar :
office politics is why i left a company as its highest performer. and when i was asked why, i didnt say anything.
2026-01-28 07:20:43
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Ocean :
Agreed! And the high performers also don’t get promoted.
2026-01-30 20:27:26
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Branon Vann :
They say” your making us look bad” and I say “no, y’all are making me look good”. But…
2025-12-12 00:21:52
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rmcardz :
So Right. Not wasting my time in the wrong room. Surrounding myself with the right people now.
2025-12-20 01:19:03
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