Malicious Coworker Keeps Taking Credit for Other People’s Work: ‘By the third time, I started keeping copies of everything I sent’

When your coworker is a credit thiefSome people have mastered the art of looking busy while secretly looking for ways to steal credit from those who are actually doing real work. Don't get me wrong; they invest a lot of energy in it, and it becomes a full-time job, but it would be more ethical to invest all that energy into actually working.They'll be the first to volunteer to present work and say, "We've been working so hard on this," while everyone thinks: "We?" At first, it might go unnoticed, but reality always catches up to them, and everyone on the team ends up hating them and/or taking revenge.Many office achievements are reserved for those who successfully advertise their accomplishments, not necessarily for those who objectively accomplish more.These credit thieves are generally very quick to put the "I" in work they never participated in, and even quicker to throw a "we" when there is a mistake. It's all about enhancing their good qualities and hiding those not so good. We all do it, to some extent, but there are limits.They usually take advantage of the fact that not many people like conflict or confronting others, and they use that to thrive. But if they steal credit l…

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