I started a job as a desk admin for a small business and at first everything was just fine. The work seemed easy enough. Answer emails. Answer phone. Open and Close, etc.
However the two other desk people left and I've been doing their work on top of my own. I'm not allowed to take breaks anymore (“to keep on top of email and calls”) and I keep getting asked to stay later and later.
And every once in a while my manager calls to berate me about one or two things that didn't get done/or done to satisfaction – only these are things I never got trained on, nor were they mentioned previously. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if she asked “Hey, have you been feeding the Zebra that lives in the backroom?”
I am just so done with this.
The stress this has caused me is obviously tanking my performance at work. It's not that I'm lazy or anything, it's just hard to do everything at once for only 16 and hour. I had to leave for an emergency at my home the other day, and because I've been so stressed I forgot that there was an appointment later that evening and when they showed up, the place was obviously closed. I still feel really awful for this one, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to get another nasty call about it.
I can't take days off. I can't call in sick. Because there's no one to replace me
One person can't do all this work and function
I gave my boss an ultimatum over the phone the last time she called to lecture me: One month. That's how long I'll stay. Although I'm tempted to just walk out the next time she calls to yell at me again. She makes me feel so stupid I keep questioning myself on all this. Is it really the job or is it me?