I work for a global company that owns an Australian wide glass company. Huge enough that you would think that they should run like a well oiled machine.
I've been there for 3+ years and we have always been short staffed but with covid and all it has only gotten worse.
For months I emailed, had phone & in person conversations about my stress and work load. I'm damn good at my job and it isn't because I'm not busting my ass and doing more than I'm paid to do.
They kept saying we aren't making enough money to hire another person to help with the work load, even though we are booked out for weeks.
There are only so many times you can bring it up, give them fair reason and time to give you what you asked for.
I applied for jobs on the Sunday and had 4 job offers by Tuesday! Accepted one after an interview and resigned.
Now a lot of my colleagues are planning to resign because me leaving will make it even worse to be there.
Point is! Don't suffer when it's not your company, you aren't on 200k + a year.
Externally promote yourself. Don't quit your job, apply for jobs, get a better offer and then resign.
Best of luck to you all!!