Odds are, you learned during your first group project at school that one person is likely going to do all of the work. Group projects are rarely true group projects. There always winds up being a leader, a follower, and someone who doesn’t turn in their section until the minute before it’s due, if they turn it in at all. This is just the nature of collaboration. And if you were that person who stepped up and did all the work, you likely have some complicated feelings about that. 

You probably wish you could have gotten some help, but part of you feels satisfied knowing that you took the lead on something. You just hope that in the future, when you become an adult, you can surround yourself with people who are like you, and not the people you grew up with. In adulthood, you get to choose who you spend your time with. You’d hope that they’re folks who can step up to the challenge. But that doesn’t always happen, especially in the workplace. One worker learned that the hard way.