I have name changed for this-I have been posting for a few years and MNHQ can attest to this.
I can’t give too much details as it is very outing. I almost what this to come out so everyone knows! But until I make a decision on next steps , I just want to vent and maybe get some advice.
I am fuming, disappointed, pissed off, disenchanted and so much more with my job.
My work involves workers rights and we are quite niche. On the outside, we do an amazing job helping members but on the outside, we are a mess- firstly, no management as we are all supposed to work at same level but in reality it’s not like that- colleagues who have worked there longer always get their way.
Maybe I am being naive and this is how work is and I just have to suck it up. But I really don’t think I and some of my colleagues are asking for too much.
Issues include:
1- some of the colleagues who have been there longest, having protégés and covering up their mistakes, blatantly reducing their workload by assigning us more work, not following procedure when assigning work.Which means that on paper, you have less work. For example, sending work which doesn’t show on the system.
2 despite many conversation, colleagues continue to do do whatever they want in terms of assigning work for example, we had implemented a new sistem but soon enough, we reverted back to the old system because “some people” complained and were not happy with how it worked, despite the fact that it worked better and work could be better distributed.
3- sidelining colleagues who leave because the pressure is too much. This is essentially bullying and I have been feeling like I cant work there anyone. I was helping a worker with issues at work and, when the person began relaying the issues, it made me so sad because it felt like that person was me and some of my colleagues.
4- not believing sickness- we are supposed to help workers with all kinds of issues but when it’s our turn to have our rights as workers, it’s not so simple- one colleague was not believed when sick. There was absolutely no reason not to believe the colleague who up until then, all came to work and was not of questionable behaviour.
The colleague was eventually bullied back to work couple weeks after.
4- blatantly seeing that some colleagues do f alland trying to pass on their work which should be distributed between all colleagues. I did speak up and said that work needs to be distributed fairly according to everyone’s working hours and current workload.
I don’t want to be bullying out of my work and will not.
Any suggestions on how to deal with the absolute mess that is my job?