Hi all I’m just looking for advice- or maybe IABU?
It’s been a stressful few months at work- I’m not getting any support. I find myself working flat out. I should only be working 40 hours a week. But I’m working 15 hours a day 7 days a week! (That’s no exaggeration) it’s a remote job so- I guess know one can see me, however with the most recent deadline that we have my mangers know how much work I’m putting it. I basically have about 200 questions to answer in about a month. Some questions will take days… so if you do the math you can clearly see it’s quite an impossible task unless I work flat out. I’m still fairly new so working my way round , I just assumed (from the what people have said since joining) this is how they work,. But on reflection I am starting to realise they are taking the piss for several reason mainly because no one else seems to be working this hard- these questions have been assigned to me, there are other questions to be answered but no one else on the team seems to have as much as me (they have been split based on our expertise)
Everyone seems to have just put their heads down and are just getting on with the work- not even acknowledging that the task I have is basically impossible, and the fact I’m doing this for the first time it would take me longer. Being fairly new my knowledge is lacking and I’m not even sure if I’m answering the questions in the right way.(they will be checked by my my manager however she hasn’t started and I have a feeling she will neglect this because it’s just too many question!!)
I feel like the obvious thing to do would be to let my manager know I’m struggling, but I feel because everyone is just getting on with it- that I shouldn't be complaining! I think this weekend, it has really dawned on me just how many hours I’m putting in, and my resentment and stress levels are growing
Just to give a little background it’s a large company and the ‘questions” are part of a process to win a contract against other competitors. The contract is worth a lot to the company.
So I guess my AIBU is just to gage whether anyone is going through something similar? How have you coped/ what did you do? This is my first corporate role, - so unsure how to navigate this one.