Hopefully!
I don’t want you to get fired. Nor do I think you should try to get away with being negligent.
Let’s be clear about what your job is. It's the layer upon layer of tasks, meetings, forms, timesheets, reports, and more meetings. Critical? Yes. But it’s also the easiest way to hide from the work you are suppose to be doing. Your job fulfills a role and warms a seat; it shows up to be seen being busy and to satisfy the higher ups.
Your work, on the other hand, is what brings value. Your work sets you apart. Your work makes clearing the calendar, not filling it, a high priority. Your work looks for problems to solve. We need you to do your work, to keep your work, to excel at your work.
Your call may not be your work, but your call has a much better chance of manifesting within your work than it does influencing your job.
