u/cantstophairfall

three weeks ago my manager said we were bringing on someone junior to help with my workload. great. i've been stretched thin. i started training her last week. she's smart, she's picking things up fast, good for her genuinely. but i've been watching what i'm being asked to cover with her and something clicked yesterday. she's not learning the support tasks. she's learning my core responsibilities. the institutional knowledge stuff. the client relationships. the processes only i know. nobody has said anything different to me. my role looks the same on paper. but i spent last night going back through the last 6 weeks and my manager has been quietly reducing my exposure to leadership. fewer meeting invites. fewer decisions routed through me. i might be wrong. i genuinely hope i am. but my gut is loud right now.