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Five clear signs you’ve become indispensable at work

Most of us want to be useful at work. But, in the new working world, being useful is no longer enough.

With a global slowdown in productivity growth , organisational focus is on automation, restructuring, and efficiency. The real question is no longer, “Am I doing my job well?” It’s “Would this place function the same without me?”

Being useful means you deliver tasks on time, meet expectations and keep things ticking. It’s about competence. Speak with any manager, and competency is highly desirable. It doesn’t make you needed, though.

Being needed means the system bends if you’re not there. You’re trusted with judgment, ambiguity, and influence; capabilities that can’t be automated or

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