A rant to keep my sanity. Apologies if bits don't make sense. I'm writing this as I stress out on my lunch break. I work for a publishing company that is so poorly run and managed, there's an emergency every day. It operates on the basis of the boss' massive ego and churns out some of the worst fiction I've ever read.
I'm paid below 25K and my role is incredibly nebulous. I work in two departments and I'm expected to pick up extra work when management are busy. Since starting, my duties keep expanding, including taking on half the work of my old manager, who went on maternity leave. She was basically the only member of management with a semblance of humanity so since she's left, the job has got worse. I also didn't get a pay increase for taking half her role.
I just can't believe my employer is allowed to get away with this. Every time I've mentioned the workload, I've been told 'thats just the job', which is a pathetic response in the first place, and the duties of 'the job' keep changing.
I've given up trying to push for better conditions. Now I'm just looking to leave. But it astounds me how much exploitation is just allowed in creative industries, and that my boss feels no guilt whatsoever for the poor working conditions he creates.