'One person regularly takes 50-minute lunch, another person leaves 30 minutes early': Employee is punished for doing his job efficiently while coworkers cheat the system

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When you're the only one putting your all into something, this can be incredibly frustrating. Maybe your coworker's habits and decisions don't affect you directly, but they lead to a culture of not caring. And if you're a person who cares, this can make you feel awful. That's what was happening here. The employee writing this story clearly wanted to do a good job at work, but the people around him were just doing the bare minimum. When you're trying to be a team and work together, this can get discouraging quickly. They wondered why they seemed to be the only one willing to get things done.

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Commenters gave their advice on how to handle this type of environment. It's not uncommon, but it can be incredibly dissatisfying. You feel like others are rewarded for their bad behavior while you're punished for your good behavior. This feels incredibly unfair, and there doesn't feel like there's a lot you can do about it. But what you can do is try to control your own reaction, and try not to let other people get you down. This is much easier said than done, though, and requires a lot out of you. Keep reading for the thoughts and suggestions commenters had for this worker. 

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