SCRIPT CHECK · 60 SECONDS
Five quick questions show how often it appears, how believable it feels, and what it makes you avoid. You’ll get one private next step.
This is not a diagnosis and there is no pass or fail. It measures the current frequency, credibility, and behavioral cost of “I've quietly absorbed the workload of everyone who got let go”, including the private rule underneath it: If I keep carrying the leftover work without complaint, the fact that I stayed becomes easier to justify. Busy hands can cover the discomfort of being one of the people still here, even when the pile is no longer temporary.
QUIET
“I've quietly absorbed the workload of everyone who got let go” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “Taking on every leftover task doesn't prove anything about why I stayed.”
PRESENT
“I've quietly absorbed the workload of everyone who got let go” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “I can help without turning extra work into a receipt for being kept.”
ACTIVE
“I've quietly absorbed the workload of everyone who got let go” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Open a blank note and list every task on your plate that came from someone who is gone. Mark each one with a simple letter: Y for yours, N for not yours, ? for unclear. Do nothing else.
DOMINANT
Right now, “I've quietly absorbed the workload of everyone who got let go” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: Open a blank note and list every task on your plate that came from someone who is gone. Mark each one with a simple letter: Y for yours, N for not yours, ? for unclear. Do nothing else.