My friend I have been a similar position like you . Other coworkers taking advantage of me because of my work ethics . The worst is when you do better and more work than the rest of your coworkers and they ' re virtually paid the same . It started to stress me the fuck out , because I get really upset when I can ' t perform up to my own standards and since people are taking advantage of me , it becomes harder and harder to get my own stuff done . So what did i do ? I let go . I stopped giving a fuck . I just let the stress go , I just do enough to get me through the day and I go home and don ' t worry about it anymore . I figure if they fire me , I ' ll just go somewhere else that will pay me more anyways . I found just letting go works for me , may not work for you though . I ' m a lot more secure in my job .