I’ve been with my employer for 15 years and in the last 2 I’ve had a manager who is very demanding.
She proudly states that she demands the very best from her team and from herself. She is nice enough but works crazy hours (till 2 in the morning), she doesn’t ask people to work long hours but given the workload and the deadlines people often have to and she turns a blind eye. I log of at 5 and log back on at 9 and work till 11 at least 2 nights a week.
many of my colleagues are contractors based offshore so they don’t complain.
i feel like asking her to reduce my workload for a month so I can get myself together but I fear she will mark me as a underperformer. One permanent colleague and two contracts have been booted out in the past 3 months for performance issues.
My other option would be to take some leave but she won’t sign off more than a week off.
I was thinking of just calling in sick for a week but the work will be there when I return.
I have started looking elsewhere but it’s taking longer than I thought and there are limited roles in my company.
AIBU?
To ask my manger to stop being so demanding
Coffeep · 16/09/2022 09:13
Am I being unreasonable?
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POLLFrecklesMalone · 16/09/2022 09:16
Personally I would find another job. Life is short. Unless there is no alternative better job that you can find why work in such an unrewarding, demanding environment.
NotKatherineRyan · 16/09/2022 09:18
Who is HER manager op? Can you discuss the unrealistic workload with someone higher up or a HR department? You should not be working until 11pm and she shouldn’t be creating a kind of company culture where that’s acceptable. I’d definitely not be accepting that! You (and she) will end up ill and burning out.
Coffeep · 16/09/2022 12:51
my contract is 35 hours a week but the whole company is, ‘work until the work is done’
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