Excessive workload

Pilkington2000

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Southend1

If you just keep working longer and longer hours to absorb extra workload then they will keep piling it on. Just draw a line somewhere reasonable. Then discuss with your manager what work is unlikely to get done and whether she is happy with that, wants to help you reprioritise or wants to provide additional resource. Put the emphasis back on your manager to manage. At the moment you're giving them an easy ride and they're taking full advantage.

agrinnall

Pilkington2000 wrote: »

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Very helpful, not.

DandelionPatrol

Pilkington2000 wrote: »

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It is considered bad form to delete on opening post, because the record of questions and answers is valuable in itself.

ohreally

I've been in my current job for about two years in the construction industry, I think I'm well respected and am given a lot of responsibility (probably well beyond my paygrade). I work very hard because I want my career to progress.

Over the past few months my workload has increased more and more, to keep up with the shear volume of work I'm generally now having to work 60+ hours week in, week out (I get paid a salary). I don't mind doing this when coming up to a deadline, but it's taking its toll on my life outside of work. To put my current workload in perspective, I'm currently running two projects on my own. Two colleagues of similar seniority are working on one smaller project together. On the precedent they have set, there should be at least 4 people doing the workload I am currently managing (it probably doesn't really need 4 people though).

I've tried to put my concerns to management that unless I have more resource the programmes on both projects will not be met (I haven't really kicked off because I don't want it to look bad on me). It appears to have gone in one ear and out the other because we currently are short on staff, I have been offered a trainee to help me, but to be honest that will cost me more time than save. I believe that they just expect I will manage because they know I will work longer and longer until the job is done (btw, I'm sure this would not and is not expected of my colleagues).

the workload isn't going to reduce until the new year, and unless I'm given extra resource I really will fail to meet the programmes this time. I'm starting to get to the stage where I could go off sick or resign because I feel this is now unreasonable.

I'd appreciate your opinions or advice on what I should do.

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Southend1

I'll try to remember to quote OP next time!

GT85N1

Anyone know what the 'answer' was?

I'm often in a similar position.. Though it's a small enough company and I seem to be lumbered with doing almost everything. My boss has the illusion of being busy - when really all he does is piles more on me - we've spoken about it before and things get better for a while though they soon get back to my ridiculous 65+ hour weeks..

RuthnJasper

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Thanks for posting the OP! It drives me nuts when OPs are deleted like this; so often really good advice is squandered in the process.

gettingtheresometime

I have to say I was in the same position as the OP last year and in the end I resigned.

It was only when I had left did management actually realise how much I did.

Would be interested to know what answer the OP found though.