I've had this job for 2 years, I've been working lots of OT in those 2 years, and I've given up my hobbies of mead brewing and D&D for it.
In these 2 years ive been consistently told “we are going to get you help” when i bring up the worload, which they do give me, but then they give me more work immediately and the hours get worse.
Sparing the details, I've previously only done 1 “project” at a time. We hired a new person and they asked me to do 2 at a time from now on. I agreed to this.
Then in the middle of the 2, they crammed a 3rd in. They did not extend the due date, and I warned them this was impossible and was ignored. Then one of the 3 demonstrated issues that would take more time to resolved, I raised alarms again, and was again ignored.
I worked 220 hours in the last 2 weeks to try to get it done anyway, because I do love the work I do and the little team I've built, we all worked our asses off.
I missed the due date by 1 fucking day. 1.
The day I said it wasn't ready I got told “I don't take my job seriously enough”.
I've never gone from 0 to “fuck this job” so fast in my life.
Today, I'm playing with my kids, and they will never get more than 40 out of me ever again.
Friends, Beware of jobs that gently coax you into allowing yourself to being taken advantage of…..I definitely won't miss the signs next time.