I work for an environmental consultancy company in which we are responsible for designing waste treatment systems for factories and such. I started working in March 2023 as the project engineer, where it was stated in my JD that my main task is to make proposal, schedules, design plants using AutoCad.
When I started working there, there was another engineer, (servicing engineer) where his main job is to solve any maintenance/technical issues at site where the treatment plant is located, where he had to go there and solve those issues.
However, the guy has submitted his 3 months notice due to arguments he had with the boss. And he has like 2 weeks left before leaving the company. However, I've noticed that I have to take his responsibilities now that he's leaving the company. I wouldn't mind helping out, but I've noticed that my workload (this includes the projects I have to handle) has increased tremendously in the past few weeks. But, since I have to cover for the guy, I did not manage to do my actual tasks on time and got scolded for it. My boss said that I need to “multitask” as an engineer.
It was only then I had asked my manager if my boss would hire a replacement engineer for the guy and my manager said the boss is “cutting off” unnecessary expense of the company and would not hire a replacement. Which means that I would have to bear double the workload with the same amount of pay and extra headaches.
I have my concerns on the future of the company and I believe I should jump ship before it gets worse with the way my boss handling the company. And this is only 20% of what the issues I have with the company.