I have alot of colleagues that avoid their actual work by taking on pet projects or some cross functional nonsense. I have a colleague that takes calls with ven

I have alot of colleagues that avoid their actual work by taking on pet projects or some cross functional nonsense. I have a colleague that takes calls with vendors almost weekly, knowing there's no budget for it. Someone who spends hours with HR or recruiting on some DEI stuff. Someone who wants to be a professional conference speaker. Almost anything to avoid coding. Meanwhile, those of us that simply log on to do work have to pick up their slack. Management doesn't care. I understand this isn't the case everywhere but happiness equates to doing less for some. I don't engage in those projects and I'm very productive.