Swept under the rug

Face it, can you really get out this kind of situation in one piece? Wait for someone to provide you with essential equipment and you're labelled as lazy and without initiative. Go and obtain your own equipment and people say you don't trust people to deliver on time and aren't a "team player".

But if you continue doing your job anyway without ever bringing up the fact that you're literally cleaning with a broom without a head, then... nobody cares enough to check up on you.