This also assumes that "nightmarish tasks" don't involve things that could lose you your job. I've worked to dodge plenty of tasks, both personally and on a tea

This also assumes that "nightmarish tasks" don't involve things that could lose you your job. I've worked to dodge plenty of tasks, both personally and on a team, where I felt that taking on that task would set me or my team up for failure in ways that could cause me issues with my career. There's plenty of "have this baby in a month" tasks that I don't want to become entangled in.