I've been at this company for 2 years as my first management job after working construction for almost a decade. We have 3 offices that run different divisions but no division is substantially larger than any of the others. Office A is where the partners in the company work out of and this location has a half dozen admin employees. Office B is the one I work out of and I am the sole admin here managing everything for this division.
The single admin person in Office C was terminated earlier this year for reasons I very much disagreed with on a deep level. I have absorbed 90% of that former employees work load for almost 6 months now. Every time I bring up the fact that we should seriously consider filling that position it's nothing but stall tactics and promises that we will eventually but not right now.
The company offers pretty minimal medical insurance, no dental, no vision. 5 days of PTO a year (no additional sick days) and the general attitude towards work/life balance doesn't align with my goals for my life.
I want to find a better job but given that a majority of my work history is literally just swinging a hammer I don't know what my odds are. I just feel like I can do better and I'm tired of feeling like I'm being taken advantage of. Is a job with a couple weeks of time off every year and a better internal attitude about work/life balance unrealistic? Genuinely wondering as I have very little experience in the corporate world.