I returned from maternity leave a year ago and since then work has been awful.
I'm in a really busy role, but I'm part time and the only person in the team. I'm being asked to do things which are usually assigned to people at a higher grade (and therefore paid more). I was supposed to be getting more resource into the team but that was promised months ago and still hasn't materialised. I'm relatively junior so excluded from important conversations but then somehow expected to know what happened and use this information in day to day role. My manager is extremely busy and senior so I get little to no time with her.
I'm fed up and disengaged but can't just work to rule as I will frankly look like an idiot. For example, tomorrow I have to give a presentation to our entire department so have to spend the evening working on it as it's not the kind of thing I can just phone in. I just feel like I'm being set up to fail as I honestly don't think I have all the information I need to do it but there's nobody else who can cover. It's all on me all the time with no support.
I'm applying for other roles as it's making me miserable but need tips on coping in the mean time. And also keeping my confidence right up as right now I feel like rubbish and useless most of the time. I know I'm not, I'm just in an impossible situation, or so I keep telling myself...