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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Graham Snowdon

How can I stop my bosses treating a lazy co-worker like a princess?

A lazy office worker shirking, reading magazines in the photocopying room
Easy does it: What can be done about a lazy colleague who gets unfair treatment? Photograph: David Sillitoe

Work ethics is a fortnightly feature in Guardian Work where a reader submits a workplace dilemma and asks for your help. A selection of the best answers will appear in Saturday's paper. (And if you have a dilemma you'd like to share, anonymously, with our readers, please email us.)

This week's question

I work in a very small business of a dozen or so people. The bosses dote on one of our coworkers who, it seems, can do no wrong. She gets taken out to lunch, has unearned days off and generally gets treated better than the rest of us. But she does less than nothing, leaving her work for others and taking all the credit. Is there something I can do, or should I just get out?

What are your thoughts?

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