You know the same old story… we are chronically understaffed and thus chronically overworked. Government office with a lot of computer work. I have been diligent and I don’t take a lot of breaks due to the workload. Today and tomorrow though, a bunch of my due dates come up at the same time. I’m pretty stressed. I’m categorized as salary even though I have 0 say over my workload or hours. So far I don’t stay overtime but I also have not missed any deadlines. But this week, it’s
Impossible, there is just too much work to physically do in the time allotted.
My team members and supervisors will have to pick up the slack which obviously should happen but the guilt is still there. I’m worried what she will say at the end of the day, if she will ask me to stay late.
We’ve lost 3 people in a 9 person team in the last 3 months. We have a new hire that has to be in the office and she came in for 1 day and then got COVID after 3 days. By the time she is trained up, we will surely lose another person, possibly even me.