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just stressed out.

so my current job is structured in such a way that I work alone, outside the main headquarters. whenever I call out, my company will send someone whose job it is to rove around the country and cover for other people like me when they have to take time off. the last time I called out it was due to an emergency, and unfortunately while I was recovering in bed, I still kept getting messages from my company and my workplace about when I was coming back, questions about how to do some tasks, etc. it drove me batshit crazy. so I decided to prepare notes for my time off this time, so no one would disturb me while I was recovering from my surgery. I did my best to organize things so that my covering person wouldn't have too much on her plate. she was supposed to arrive today…


so my current job is structured in such a way that I work alone, outside the main headquarters. whenever I call out, my company will send someone whose job it is to rove around the country and cover for other people like me when they have to take time off.

the last time I called out it was due to an emergency, and unfortunately while I was recovering in bed, I still kept getting messages from my company and my workplace about when I was coming back, questions about how to do some tasks, etc. it drove me batshit crazy. so I decided to prepare notes for my time off this time, so no one would disturb me while I was recovering from my surgery. I did my best to organize things so that my covering person wouldn't have too much on her plate. she was supposed to arrive today so I could tell her what I needed her to do.

for some odd reason, even though I told my company I'd be gone for quite a while (I informed them at least a month before, as soon as I got my surgical date fixed), and I also had some pretty specific tasks I needed done, they sent in a complete newbie. someone who had just started the job a week ago. I could understand if they were just covering for me for a day or two, but I'll be gone for at least 2 weeks. not only that, she hadn't even completed basic training. I asked her about some stuff that should have been covered in training before you're even deployed to start working officially, and she said she hadn't been taught yet. I was….baffled. and extremely concerned. how was she going to do the job while I was gone? now I'll be stressing out while I'm in horrible pain and trying to recover. I tried to run through everything I could, but in the end I left my shift feeling extremely worried. and annoyed at the fact that I'll probably receive dozens of texts from her asking for help (not her fault, my company's)

I guess I'm just hoping for some advice to just… let go. and some encouragement to switch jobs (I have lots of issues with other aspects of the job)

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