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Doing the Job of 2

I work in an office and have a counterpart that does basically an entire other aspect of our respective role. Together, we perform a lot of the operational support for the office and the teams we support. My counterpart recently go a better position with another company and is leaving at the end of the month. This puts me in the “unique” role of now having to do the work of two people. My management is assuming that my coworker will train me on their aspect of the job (of which I have virtually no experience). The “best” part? I am being expected to learn all of the responsibilities my coworker has performed the last 2 years…in 2 weeks. Supposedly, management is looking to “backfill” the position but seem perfectly content to add an entire second job on top of the one I'm already doing. All I get is a…


I work in an office and have a counterpart that does basically an entire other aspect of our respective role. Together, we perform a lot of the operational support for the office and the teams we support. My counterpart recently go a better position with another company and is leaving at the end of the month. This puts me in the “unique” role of now having to do the work of two people. My management is assuming that my coworker will train me on their aspect of the job (of which I have virtually no experience). The “best” part? I am being expected to learn all of the responsibilities my coworker has performed the last 2 years…in 2 weeks. Supposedly, management is looking to “backfill” the position but seem perfectly content to add an entire second job on top of the one I'm already doing. All I get is a half-hearted “we'll help you when you need”. Yeah, been there before and there was no help…from anyone. I am so tempted to turn in my notice right now…I literally just have to send the draft I've saved in my work email. So instead, I job hunt while I sit out in the parking lot in my car enjoying my lunch away from all the bullshit…

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