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Been in accounting for 5 years now and I’ve always prided myself on being a hard worker, filling my time up, always offering to help and getting my deadlines spot on. Currently been in the same position for 3 years with what started as a small production company. I loved it, was given autonomy, great manager etc.
During COVID we have a new Head of Production come in, headstrong, I’m a bit unsure. Anyway, it’s just myself and my line manager in accounts, i manage well over 20 productions at any one time, daily and monthly tasks, if it’s accounting, I did it all. The company starts to expand massively, and quickly. I explain to my LM I am struggling and I need another pair of hands.
Months go by, I’m on annual leave, and I get a text from LM saying a new person is starting Monday. Neither me or my LM were part of this interview process. Completely out of the blue. I made it clear previously I needed someone with experience, who knew how to use the accounting software at least and get stuck in with sharing the load. I know nothing about this new hire, as the HOP (who has zero accounting knowledge and wouldn’t know what to look for) hired them. No consulting me or even a heads up.
I’m pissed off.
I get sent the CV AFTER the new person has been hired. 18 year old apprenticeship. No accounting experience. Needs full training. Can’t even use excel.
I am even more pissed off, and clearly feeling that no one has my interests in this, even my LM didn’t have my back and basically said ‘ho hum, but what a great opportunity we are offering for them’
I am responsible now for training them on top of my ever expanding workload.
Cue mental breakdown, and after training the new hire for 3 weeks I get signed off sick for a month. In the meantime I was assured by my LM they would look for another new hire. I never heard once from my HOP regarding my mental state.
I returned 2 weeks ago. No new hire, apprentice still here doing mistakes left right and centre, accounts are 3 months behind. I make it clear I am back part time, 3 days p/w and I’m doing a tenth of what I did. Officially resentful and I’m doing for the first time in my life less than 100%. I’m even sadder that it’s got this point where I don’t take pride in my work anymore.
The whole point of the new hire was so I could progress to production account assistant after working my ass off for 3 years, but I am still doing the same job I was doing day 1 when I started.
Now my LM (outsourced) has someone coming in to assist her (which was always going to be my role) as I am now too burnout.
Extra to note, I had one raise in 3 years.
I am now biding my time, perfecting my CV and am experienced enough to get a 60% salary increase my dudes