How to deal with a lazy manager

Hi everyone, I’m currently working in corporate at a fairly entry-level role. Things have been great up until recently where I now have a new manager.

My manager is so lazy that it absolutely does jack shit. They call in sick consistently 1-2 days a week and is NEVER responsive on their WFH day. My manager is only in the office 1-2 days where they check their email and start dumping work on me in these days. If my manager sees the office isn’t busy they will go home early to sleep.

It’s gotten to the point that people are going up to me to ask where my manager is because my manager does not respond to them. Being in a relatively entry level role I have a lot that I want to learn but this experience is off-putting and unfair. I’ve started to apply for other roles at other companies but my company pays quite high so I would have to take a pay cut and it would take me longer to climb up the ladder. I’ve been quite disappointed and demotivated so I’ve come to reddit to see if anyone has been in this situation and what did you do?