I have to confess, it really, really makes me pissed when other people on the team aren't putting forth the same effort. I'd say I work 40 hours a week at least, counting real actual work, and I'm on a project right now where I think the other person is dragging their feet and making almost zero progress, not communicating, not asking for help, etc. A large part of that is because this person is a little more junior, but I get the feeling they're hiding and not doing what they should be.
I am in a similar position but with multiple coworkers. 1/3 of the team works hard and effective, 1/3 standard and 1/3 barely works without delivering value. At the same time I am having a pretty hard time seeing 1/3 earning the same as I do while doing nearly nothing. It really annoys me on a regular basis and I don‘t think it‘s a healthy behavior either. Sometimes I wonder if they should get fired or if I undersell myself.
I was on a small team at an early-stage startup, and felt forced to do 7+ hours of good work every day due to pace and visibility.
As a self-proclaimed productive dev, it was pretty obvious who was slacking or incompetent, and I definitely had some dislike of them for that. It felt unfair that others could coast, or create buggy code and then spend time fixing it, while my higher quality output wasn't rewarded in a way I cared about ($$$). Knowing this was going on did also contribute in some way to demotivating me and maybe deciding to leave.
In the end, we are victims or volunteers. I volunteered for the position, I volunteered to stay to earn equity.
If we don't like something, we can always volunteer to fix our current situation, whether by negotiating or finding a better-suited role etc.
