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Input: Without divulging too many details, my co-worker and I are the only two attorneys doing a certain type of law in a governmental office. We have been working there almost the same amount of time and have about the same amount of experience but because she started 2 months before me they made her “chief” and me not, so she’s sort of technically my boss although my real boss made it clear no one sees it this way. I honestly don’t care as I’m there to do good work, help people for a few years with public interest law and then move on to other pastures.

Anyway, her time management is terrible and she’s not nearly as efficient worker as I am anyway. I volunteered to be assigned 60% of the cases so she can handle her “Chief administrative tasks” but after months of her at the last minute dumping her work on me, I made it clear that while I’m happy to be assigned 60% of the cases from the beginning, I don’t like her work being dumped on me last minute. During my 7 months on the job I have not asked the court for a single extension while she routinely does. I have also done a lot of other work to help other attorneys in other departments outside of my area where I think I can help bring value to our organization and I also volunteered to teach a continuing legal education class that I have poured about 75 hours in preparing. Keep in mind, I do all this extra and get my work done on time.

My office mate (or pseudo boss whatever) however, as mentioned, is chronically late but then will loudly sigh about how it’s not fair that I get to do all these “fun” research projects and she doesn’t. She also keeps repeatedly suggesting that maybe I’m “bored” and need more work and it’s clear to me she wants to dump more of her work on me but because she’s a waspy person and I’ve already made it clear I don’t like that, she won’t say so directly. I have this huge legal training I’m giving in one week, but frankly this coming week, I could take one of her tasks for her with no problem as, as always, I’m ahead. Like, truly I will be bored next week. However I’ve decided not to do that and stay firm because she’s dumped so much of her work on me in the past and I hate that so much (if I don’t get the case from the beginning then I’m stuck with how she’s handled the case up until that point which I find frustrating because it really boxes in how I both interact with the client and what I can do on the case). 

But I’m feeling really guilty. As much as I might seem like the asshole from this post (which I’m now thinking I am), I will have an almost free week next week and she is *drowning* in work. And we’re in the same office so it’ll be obvious I have not a lot to do. And I constantly do things for other attorneys in our office (because I feel like they’re not just dumping *their* work on me but asking for my help) so at some point to her it will seem personal and I really have no issue with her other than a feeling that I don’t like the assumption that I’m *responsible* for someone else’s work. Maybe I should just help her out this one week?

So my question: AITA for not taking work from my coworker that I could easily take when she is absolutely drowning? Thanks!

not helping my Co-Worker out who really needs it this week when I will have Downtime