Return from furlough to a mountain of work

valueman1

 My boss will keep giving me work until I ask for help, regardless of how many hours I’m doing.

yellow1231231

its a good thing you have work surely otherwise you would be worrying about redundancy surely 

superbigal

If you previously worked 40 hours a week you will still be working 40 hours a week.  
By my maths that equals the same work.

mattyprice4004

Perhaps offer your job to some of the people who have been made redundant on here - I'm sure they'd be grateful! 

Splatfoot

I understand your frustration but maybe the company had no choice? So many people on here have had dreadful experiences with not being paid at all, even though their company is receiving furlough. If you enjoy your job and Your employers are ok to work for, I would just crack on with it. Maybe ask for help if it's too much and if you're still unhappy, look for something else. 

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One of the reasons that many companies have had to furlough people who still had "work" was that there was no revenue to pay for them. It might be all well and good furloughing the sales team because all your customers are shut and you could in theory keep the support team, the admin team, the whole accounts team, compliance etc. working, but without the revenue generating profit the business would fold pretty quickly. What many companies have chosen to do is furlough all, or all but a skeleton staff to minimise wage costs during a period when there was little or no revenue, this has allowed them to survive and to make sure people have jobs to return to. 

When they began bringing people back off furlough that meant that there was inevitably a backlog in some areas of business, a backlog which did not affect the business when it was in hibernation and now will just take a bit of catching up to get sorted, catching up done within normal working hours, by people who still have jobs. The actions of furloughing a large proportion of the workforce ensured the survival of the business, it meant that those people who had what amounts to a 3-4 month paid holiday have been able to come back to a job which still exists, or the company could have kept them working for a month or two, gone bust and they would now be unemployed.

There is a shocking lack of perspective amongst some people, who seem to think that having had months off on full or nearly full pay they should now be able to come back to work and put their feet up for the rest of the year. 

Gonna-be-debt-free

It might be seen in a more positive light by your employer if you approach them and say something along the lines of:

"Now that we are all back, I have assessed the backlog of work and here is my plan to tackle it.  There is a big backlog to get through, and it would help if there was someone else working alongside me to work through it.  That way we'll be back on track sooner.  Is there anyone available to help, maybe from an area that is still ramping up?"

That way you are seen as a proactive person with the company's best interests at heart, and a good view of the wider picture.

By contrast "making a complaint" might make you feel good at first when you get it off your chest, but won't help you in the long run.  It wouldn't get any positive action, and it would make you look bad.